The first minister said a majority of Scottish seats (or 29) in a general election would provide a mandate to begin negotiations for a referendum.
The leadership was under pressure to alter its plan ahead of a key debate and vote on the party’s independence strategy.
Mr Yousaf’s proposal to use use the next general election to push for independence is also backed by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.
It comes as the party faces criticism over the NHS, the attainment gap and the worst drug death rates in Europe.
Elizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, had travelled to the south of the Palestinian enclave last week to see a sick relative.
Earlier this year, Humza Yousaf’s predecessor Nicola Sturgeon was arrested, as was her husband, the SNP’s former chief executive Peter Murrell and its former treasurer Colin Beattie.
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The first minister said a majority of Scottish seats (or 29) in a general election would provide a mandate to begin negotiations for a referendum.
The leadership was under pressure to alter its plan ahead of a key debate and vote on the party’s independence strategy.
Mr Yousaf’s proposal to use use the next general election to push for independence is also backed by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.
It comes as the party faces criticism over the NHS, the attainment gap and the worst drug death rates in Europe.
Elizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, had travelled to the south of the Palestinian enclave last week to see a sick relative.
Earlier this year, Humza Yousaf’s predecessor Nicola Sturgeon was arrested, as was her husband, the SNP’s former chief executive Peter Murrell and its former treasurer Colin Beattie.
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