Geoff Needham

Father, grandfather, traveller, humanist, writer, RUFC #humanrights #peace #justice #antiracism

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

@RyLiberty The US government

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The next Prime Minister should steer clear of Starmer’s shameful legacy.

That starts with ending arms sales to Israel, imposing real sanctions, and establishing a public inquiry into Britain's complicity in genocide.

My article for @AJEnglish.
https://t.co/fhL0KbjJm1

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

Anti-terrorism legislation is to protect the good people of the UK from terrorists.

Not to protect the Zionist state of Israel from the good people of the UK.

Please RT this until Govt stops using this legislation to turn its own good people into terrorists.

Thank you.

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

Burnham will be defined by his policy on Israel

Will he continue Starmer’s policy of supporting & enabling apartheid, occupation, torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity and GENOCIDE?

Or will he have the moral & political courage to oppose Israel’s crimes?

[Richard @ricwe123]

That embarrassing moment when the US and Britain decided it would be a good idea to vote against the UN resolution for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

And still some people think these are the good guys.....
🥴

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

Sweden says that Israel should be isolated and expelled from international institutions.

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan blew the lid off Trump and Netanyahu 🔥👏

Khan: "They threatened ICC judges, UN staff, and my family over Israel cases.

🇺🇸 12 U.S. senators sent a letter saying 'Go after 🇮🇱 Israel and we go after you and your family.

Then came sanctions, frozen accounts, travel bans. It is deeply dangerous for states to bully international justice."

Finally someone said this. What a COURAGE this man has 💪 🫡

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

"The British Medical Association (BMA), representing over 200,000 UK doctors, has voted to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-semitism within the National Health Service (NHS)."

Please RT this as the UK media won't inform the public

[The National @ScotNational]

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Burnham 'must end the UK's complicity in genocide'

[The National @ScotNational]

History will remember him as the unremarkable former human rights lawyer who offered carte blanche to the gravest crimes of our age – and did so against the expressed wishes of the British people. Good riddance, Sir Keir, writes Coll McCail ✍️

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

This is not a normal statement from a normal cabinet member of a major nation. 

This statement from Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir is the statement of a war criminal. 

The racist, extremist Israeli government does not deserve one nickel of U.S. support.

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

@AJEnglish Anybody can quote pluses whilst ignoring negatives, especially genocide complicity. The truth is when looking at the complete package Starmer has been an unmitigated disaster.

[Gary Spedding @GarySpedding]

On any given day there are Israel advocacy organisations holding meetings or events inside Parliament.

If you spend enough time in Portcullis House you will see Israel advocacy groups holding back-to-back meetings with MPs. What is more interesting about these types of meetings is that constituents are not made aware that their MP is meeting with Israel advocacy organisations because it is happening down in Westminster and MPs are not obliged to publish their meeting schedules for public scrutiny despite being publicly elected representatives. There are many MPs meeting pro-Israel organisations on the down low.

There are briefings happening every few days on Israel that are targeted at pro-Israel MPs.

But this machine goes way deeper - the friends of Israel organisations attached to individual political parties and the APPG on Israel are super active. Both Labour & Conservative friends of Israel have full time paid staff members who often double up as paid support staff for MPs and Lords. This gives them free access to the Houses of Parliament and the Westminster Estate.

Further to this, the Israel advocacy groups in parliament often identify politicians and even parliamentary candidates to recruit - offering them varying levels of support in exchange for them joining their voices & votes to the pro-Israel side in Parliament.

On a more sinister note, the friends of Israel groups in Parliament have what are 'spokespeople' (e.g. identifiable pro-Israel MPs and Lords) and then they also have silent members who do not openly state their position on Israel-Palestine.

Those 'silent' members often sign up to receive info, event invites and briefings from the pro-Palestine groups that operate in Parliament and will even attend pro-Palestine events so as to report back on what is being pushed for from the pro-Palestine side.

I have also personally witnessed friends of Israel staffers running around Parliament trying to book rooms before pro-Palestine MPs get the chance so as to force the events that are to be hosted into smaller spaces.

I also know from personal experience that sometimes it isn't the MPs at all but rather a staff member working for an MP who then leaks pro-Palestine mailings to friends of Israel groups.

I found the above out myself when I tracked the briefings I was sending into Parliament and how many times an email was forwarded then opened by a third party (some of the IP addresses showed as being in Israel).

If you want to talk about Israel's influence on UK Politics start by looking at the groups and organisations operating inside our Parliament and within our political parties. Ask them where they get their funding from and how they can afford to pay full time staff members.

Look more closely at the members register of interests for their staffers as well.

All of this needs thorough investigation and proper transparency.

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

"You said that Israel is at war with Hamas let me ask you a simple question.

If you're at war with Hamas, why are you shooting children in the skull & in the chest? why are you killing journalists? Why are you killing medics? Why are you killing UN workers?

Norman Finkelstein

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

Don't forget the tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children murdered and maimed because of his support for and complicity in Israel's genocide. Hopefully, we'll see him in the Hague in the very near future.

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

@GBX_Press More likely to be welcomed with a guard of honour, invited to address Parliament and given a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

@csaxnorthants @paulm_davis Don't worry, we're taking over Parkgate in its entirety and renaming it Rotherham 2026.

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

@AmericaRecharge Wrong on all counts. Why do people post such nonsense.

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

@RussianArmy_ Kermit the frog

[Geoff Needham @geoffjneedham]

@vonderleyen Ursula does stand-up.