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[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

In a difficult and dangerous world, a decade on from Brexit, there is a risk that Britain loses the confidence to lead and stand up for its values.

I’m not prepared to let that happen. It is more important than ever that Britain stands for something.

We have called for years for a two-state solution in the Middle East, but we must recognise that those words are meaningless unless we back them up with action.

For too long, we have been hesitant to act, fearful of being accused of being anti-Israel.

Today we are announcing carefully judged, targeted steps that are not aimed at the Israeli people, but at the unacceptable policies of the current Israeli government.

The suffering of the Palestinian people is a scar on the conscience of the world. Innocent Palestinians, including children, continue to be killed in Gaza. And there is still a humanitarian crisis, with far too little aid getting in.

The scale of destruction is hard to comprehend. More than 70,000 people lie dead - at least 20,000 of them children. Families and communities have been torn apart. Millions displaced. And the population of Gaza is now penned into just one third of the territory.

I know that people across the UK feel very deeply about this issue - and so do I.

Before I became Prime Minister, I said our country’s response had been too slow and simply not good enough. That’s why I committed to changing the government’s approach.

I will not stand by as the horrific suffering continues to grow and the prospect of a two-state solution - the best hope for peace and stability in the region - comes under attack.

More settlements have been approved under the four years of this Israeli government than in the previous 20 years. The UN has reported more than 1,500 incidents of settler violence so far this year, aimed at driving out Palestinians. And the situation is growing worse, fast.

The Israeli government has now approved 104 new settlements since it took office in December 2022, and ahead of the October elections in Israel, it is allowing tenders for the construction of the E1 mega settlement to go ahead. This would cut a swathe through the heart of the West Bank - snuffing out the hope of realising a two-state solution. It cannot be allowed to happen.

That’s why we are announcing a new package of tough measures to put pressure on the Israeli government:

First, we will ban the trade in goods with illegal settlements in Palestine.

Second, we have formally changed the view of the British government to say for the first time that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful - independent of, but in line with, the conclusion of the international court of justice.

And third, we will sanction individuals and companies that support, facilitate or profit from illegal settlements. That includes any businesses or investors that take part in the construction of the E1 settlement.

In addition, we are announcing a new package of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza.

We are taking these steps because it is the right thing to do.

I have condemned the monstrous terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 in the strongest possible terms - and continue to condemn Hamas. However, it does not justify the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza or the West Bank.

The measures we are taking are about targeting illegal settlements and increasing the pressure on the Israeli government to change course. We are not imposing sanctions on Israel as a whole, which would punish the Israeli people, many of whom disagree with their government’s position.

The Israeli people are not responsible for the actions of their government. And nor is the Jewish community in the UK. Blaming British Jews for the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is wrong, plain and simple. And it is antisemitism, plain and simple.

I met the representatives of the Jewish community just last week. I know the fear they live with day by day. My government will stop at nothing to ensure they are safe and to stamp out antisemitism in every part of our society.

The measures we are announcing today are about protecting the only solution that could see the Israeli and Palestinian people living side by side in peace and security - something that people up and down the UK desperately want to see.

The government I lead will keep working with our partners around the world to keep that hope alive.

[Toshka @a____189]

المجرمون الإسرائيليون يستخدمون قنابل محرمة تبخر جثث ضحاياها الفلسطينيين وهذا المشهد الصادم تم تصويره في بيت لاهيا المحاصرة في شمال غزة!

[Mohamed Abanour @MohamedAbanour]

This is just horrible to witness. Looks like white phosphorus being used which is illegal. This can cause extreme deep chemical and thermal pain to the victims skin.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

how the fuck do you people not see these are concentration camps???

[Ayesha A. Siddiqi @AyeshaASiddiqi]

i thought you people loved talking about muslims why isn't this story being spread the way way a muslim woman not shaking hands with someone has been

[blanc @dqveed]

we truly cannot comprehend the depth of the horrors from these

[Cxspxxr✘🧸 @_6signxxx]

Congratulations Israel, you’ve surpassed Hitler.

[Almudron @BiggestAlmuFan2]

This would be a massive step if like a million babies weren’t already blown to bits

[IslamophobiaUK @uk_islamophobia]

A Muslim woman was smashed with a concrete slab in Dewsbury.

75% of Muslim women feared for their safety after the summer 2024 riots.

Before the riots: 16%.

Parliament held its first ever inquiry into gendered Islamophobia.

The Government published its response.

You probably didn't hear about it.

It refused the word "Islamophobia."

It substituted "anti-Muslim hostility."

A definition that "focuses on Muslims rather than Islam as a religion."

One report.
Eleven MPs.
Zero Muslim women at the table.

One sitting committee member — Rebecca Paul, Conservative MP for Reigate — has separately authored policy demands to ban headscarves for school-age children.

The inquiry's own evidence:

80% of Muslim women never report.

1 in 5 experienced a hate crime in the last 12 months.

Hate targeting Muslim women is more likely to contain sexual aggression than hate targeted at men.

Paragraph 23 notes the BBC's duty to provide "a duly accurate, authentic portrayal" of British Muslims.

The BBC did not lead with John Ashby being jailed for life for raping a woman because he thought she was Muslim.

Now compare.

Home Affairs Committee inquiry into the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban.

HC 1553. February 2026.

On that panel:

Chair: Karen Bradley.
Conservative Friends of Israel officer.

Member: Peter Prinsley.
Board of Deputies representative.
On a Labour Friends of Israel-funded Israel trip.

Member: Jo White.
Labour Friends of Israel honorary vice-chair.

Outcome: West Midlands Chief Constable Craig Guildford retired.

Yesterday, Westminster Hall debated pro-Israel lobbying influence on UK politics.

Five Muslim MPs made the case.

Fourteen speakers rose against them and drowned them out.

Representation isn't symbolic.

It delivers.

What the Government refused:

The term "Islamophobia."

A dedicated hate crime action plan for Muslim women.

Expanding Section 14 of the Equality Act for sex+religion+ethnicity claims.

Mandatory teacher training.

The numbers:

£28.4m for Jewish community security.
271,000 Jews.
£105 per Jewish person.

This is good.

£4m to fight anti-Muslim hostility.
£40m to defend mosques after they are attacked.
3.9 million Muslims.
£10.25 per Muslim person.

A ten-fold per capita gap.

They will fund the locks.

They will not fund the plan.

All we ask is the same protections.

ACTION — email a Muslim MP this week:

Ask how they will demand Muslim representation on every committee scrutinising us.

A Muslim woman was smashed with a concrete slab in Tameside.

Eleven MPs wrote the report.

Zero of them looked like her.

Report: https://t.co/D9amGp2yxO
Keep us alive: https://t.co/Z8H0Flg44Y
Substack: https://t.co/9x6sqmwMge

Sources in first comment.

[Stop The Bollocks with Mirabel @MirabelTweets1]

This horrific incident in Edinburgh has been buried by the media & politicians

Because the victims were Muslim & the offender a white racist maniac

[Samantha Asumadu @SamanthaAsumadu]

This is very... stark

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

A man armed with an axe and other weapons entered a mosque in Manchester.

A woman wearing a hijab was hit by a car in southeast London.

A 36-year-old white Scottish man was charged yesterday after stabbing five people in an anti-Muslim hate attack.

An imam’s house in Bolton was targeted in an arson attack.

There have also been multiple attacks on mosques, including an arson attack intended to endanger life, a projectile attack, multiple incidents involving graffitis, and hate signs.

Not a single COBRA meeting. No dedicated officers to protect the community. Just a few tweets.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The same week that @RupertLowe10 put out his bullshit ‘rape gang report’ falsely claiming Muslims raped 250,000 white girls & same week @elonmusk amplified it on here, this happens. Is anyone surprised?

They’re inciting violence against Muslims and emboldening extremists.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

DO NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THIS. HOLY SHIT.

[IRISH PATRIOT @irishpatriot91]

Four missing hours, The footage behind an alleged custody rape!

Andy Burnham has been accused of failing to hold “predatory” police officers to account over a woman’s alleged rape in custody.

Zayna Iman, who waived her right to anonymity in an attempt to bring the alleged perpetrators at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to justice, told The Telegraph she felt Mr Burnham had let her down after saying he would help her.

The Telegraph
16 Jun 2026

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

A weapon designed to specifically maim and kill children.

Illegal under the Geneva Conventions for numerous reasons, including being disguised as an ordinary object, and being specifically targeted against civilians.

A War Crime of the highest order.

[gato fumante @KweenInYellow]

Kinda funny that it's still somewhat taboo to say this would've gotten wall-to-wall coverage if the victims were Jewish, despite being an entirely trite observation at this point.

[Ronald D. Mexicuh 🇵🇸🪂🔻☭ @notronmexicuh]

Weird how not a single "anti-Zionist Jew" in New York has managed to do this at the countless events they've had

[IslamophobiaUK @uk_islamophobia]

A pregnant Muslim woman was kicked in the stomach in a Co-op car park in Milton Keynes.

He called her the “f***ing problem with this place,” attacked her “clown clothes”.

Hit her with a wine bottle and bag of ice.

Kicked her in the stomach twice after she told him she was pregnant

She lost her unborn twins.

The judge called her attacker a “shabby racist.”

A ‘SHABBY’ racist.

Not a TERRORIST.

Not a MONSTER.

He served under 2 years. He’s been walking free since 2020. Samsam Haji-Ali’s twins are still dead.

If he’d been Muslim, this would have led every news bulletin as a terror attack.

Thirty worshippers were inside the Zainabia Islamic Centre when a petrol bomb was thrown onto the roof. They put out the fire themselves.

These attacks didn’t all happen this week.

They happened years apart. That’s the point. People forgot. Our system doesn’t.

The Women and Equalities Committee’s first-ever inquiry into gendered Islamophobia, published January 2026 (HC 571), documented over 6,000 verified incidents in 2024 — a 165% rise since 2022.
73% of assaults came after the summer riots.
65% targeted women and girls.

The Muslim Women’s Network UK surveyed women before and after the riots. Before — 16% feared for their safety. After — 75%.

Home Office figures show anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 19% last year. Muslims are the target of 44% of all religious hate crimes. Only 6% result in charges.

The government’s Hate Crime Action Plan expired in 2020. No replacement has been published in six years.

They let 3 women dressed in burqas strip off to the chants of “take it off”

They let hate marches happen across the UK.

Anti Islam murals across Northern Ireland.

They proscribed Palestine Action as terrorists.

And they still refuse to use the word Islamophobia.

The system is broken.

Every attack in this post is being mapped.

Mosques, streets, workplaces. No stone unturned.

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