Labour

December 6, 2023, 9:31 am

Police hunt for man after pro-Palestine graffiti sprayed on Labour MP’s office

The front of Enfield North MP Feryal Clark's office was defaced with graffiti including the words 'Free Palestine' and 'No genocide in our name'

By Lee Harpin

December 4, 2023, 5:22 pm

Tory MP says the idea Israeli settlements prevent two-state solution is ‘utter tosh’

Andrew Percy tells MPs Hamas are the reason there is no peace between Israel and the Palestinians

By Lee Harpin

Will a Labour government led by Keir Starmer be committed to the 2SS and recognise Palestine alongside Israel? (Blake Ezra Photography)

December 1, 2023, 12:55 pm

Starmer: Israel needs to be assured Hamas can never repeat 7 October

Labour leader also calls for renewed efforts by the UK and international partners to 'see the threat of Hamas removed'

By Lee Harpin

Steve Brisley speaking at LFI annual reception

November 28, 2023, 5:33 pm

Sunak accused of ignoring letter from British family of Hamas atrocity victims

Steve Brisley revealed his devastated parents, whose family were murdered by Hamas terrorists, wrote to the PM over a month ago. 'That letter remains unanswered,' he told an LFI lunch

By Lee Harpin

Waltham Forest Labour councillor Kira Lewis

November 23, 2023, 12:48 pm

Labour councillor subjected to vicious local backlash after sharing anti-Hamas article

Waltham Forest councillor Kira Lewis resigns whips role amid investigation into her sharing an Israeli article stating 'Hamas is no good for Palestinians and no good for Jews'

By Lee Harpin

November 16, 2023, 5:02 pm

Lisa Nandy says MPs who defied Starmer on Gaza vote fail to see continued Hamas threat

Criticising the decision of 56 MPs to defy Keir Starmer on Gaza vote, Lisa Nandy said;'I can't apologise for saying we need to speak with one voice on these issues.'

By Lee Harpin

November 14, 2023, 7:27 pm

Nandy warns of ‘hardening of the position by Hamas’ as she confirms Gaza vote move

Labour have tabled an amendment to parliament on Wednesday amid concerns some of its MPs could be tempted to vote for a rival SNP amendment calling for a ceasefire

By Lee Harpin

November 14, 2023, 2:48 pm

Sunak urges Israel to use ‘all possible measures to protect innocent civilians’ in Gaza

Both the prime minister and senior figures in the Labour Party are voicing concerns about the mounting death toll in Gaza

By Lee Harpin

Momentum's former chief Jon Lansman (Photo Credit: Eli Gaventa)

November 8, 2023, 11:53 am

Jon Lansman distances himself from ‘much of the left’ over their response to Hamas

In an interview with New Statesman magazine, the Momentum founder also attacks the left's characterisation of Israel as a 'settler colonial state'

By Lee Harpin

November 8, 2023, 10:45 am

Labour’s Imran Hussain resigns from frontbench over war stance

Bridget Phillipson warns that "given the chance" Hamas would carry out further massacres.

By Lee Harpin

November 3, 2023, 1:15 pm

Keir Starmer reminds critics ‘Israel has faced worst terrorist attack since Holocaust’

The Labour leader told media;'To say to a sovereign country, when more than 200 of its citizens are being held hostage that they should give up their right to self-defence is not for me correct.'

By Lee Harpin

Anti-Zionist activist Barnaby Raine restrained by police

October 31, 2023, 5:35 pm

Anti-Zionist activist restrained by police after rushing at car driving Starmer

Barnaby Raine had tweeted after Hamas' 7th October atrocities: 'Shabbat Shalom and may every coloniser fall everywhere'

By Lee Harpin

John McDonnell, Nadia Whittome, and Andy McDonald right at Palestine demo

October 30, 2023, 6:26 pm

Veteran Labour MP suspended over ‘deeply offensive’ Palestine demo speech

In a statement Labour said Andy McDonald's speech at last Saturday's London demo was 'deeply offensive, particularly at a time of rising antisemitism which has left Jewish people fearful for their safety.'

By Lee Harpin

October 30, 2023, 4:22 pm

Labour MP writes of second ‘Nakba’ days after controversial Palestine rally speech

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesborough tweets;'It pains my heart that 75 years on from the Nakba, we are seeing another Nakba play out before our eyes'

By Lee Harpin

October 29, 2023, 12:08 pm

Labour MP: To claim ‘from the river’ chant is antisemitic is to misinterpret

Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell also appears to suggest Israel would have been 'wiser' to pursue a strategy of 'negotiation' after Hamas massacre

By Lee Harpin

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