Israel/Palestine Thread

Looks like the same 2 fuelling tankers were up in the air this afternoon were the same as when Iran got attacked. They both later landed back in Qatar after the attack. Probably nothing.

Give over with your pearl clutching. Starmer is on record stating he supports zionism without qualification. He's a zionist supporter and that only means one thing

it’s not pearl clutching at all. Claiming his wife is obviously pulling his strings because she is Jewish is blatantly anti semitic.

supporting the right of an Israeli state to exist and not supporting Israeli genocide in Gaza are not mutually exclusive.

Well, i supposed you've acknowledged that it is genocide. Guess who doesn't think it's genocide? The British government led by Kier Starmer

https://news.sky.com/story/israel-not-committing-genocide-in-gaza-but-casualties-and-destruction-are-utterly-appalling-says-uk-government-13427380

I’m not sure what your point is to be honest. Sounds like you’re just having a rant. What does that have to do with Starmers wife being Jewish?

it makes no difference if you call what’s happening genocide or not, it’s just words at the end of the day. I don’t think there is any question that the UK government has condemned Israeli actions and has spoken out very publicly, along with other nations, about their disgust with what is happening in Gaza.

Is this the same UK government who used "anti-terror" legislation to arrest plenty of peaceful pro-Palestine protestors over the weekend?

They hide their condemnation very well.

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they weren’t pro Palestine protestors though, were they. The actual Palestine solidarity march that took place between Russel Square and Whitehall passed off without any arrests. The people arrested were done so for supporting a proscribed terrorist organization. Whether or not they should have been proscribed is another matter, but what is important, is that they were not arrested for being pro Palestine.

they aren’t selling weapons to the IDF any more than Ireland is. This is all the Corbyn element of the UK left using the supply of components to arms factories in Israel (which are then exported to third countries or back to the UK) to further their agenda.

yes, really. If you read the article and not the headline, you will see this

Since September 2024, 8,630 items were exported under the category “bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof – other”.

the last bit is the important part, parts thereof- other. These are components being used to build systems and the end customer will be detailed. Systems like the tank defence systems Britain, Norway and Germany are buying to defend the next generation of MBTs they are building, or parts of the European sky shield that Israeli companies are playing a significant role in building. David Lammy made this very clear in his response to a written question in parliament.