Mark White

Cymro, socialist, loves music, practising tenor banjo, gym bunny.

[Mark White @markgwyn]

@lukejcr "Rampant antisemitism"? "Bankrupt Britain"? I campaigned for you, against my better judgment, because we needed your seat to eject the Tories. I wouldn't do it again. And no, I haven't joined the Greens.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Israel’s Knesset has passed legislation that allows military courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinians living under Israeli control.

I have signed a parliamentary motion calling on the Government to condemn this law and to ensure accountability for serious human rights violations.

But condemnation alone is not enough.

The Government should use the tools at its disposal - an arms embargo, sanctions, and sustained diplomatic pressure - to put an end to Israel's illegal occupation and what major Israeli, Palestinian, and international human rights organisations have slammed as apartheid policies.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

I have signed a letter to the Foreign Secretary about the escalation of deadly Israeli settler violence in the West Bank and Israel’s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes. The letter urges the government to make diplomatic interventions and impose sanctions on Israeli settlements.

@NadiaWhittomeMP

@NaamodUK

[Mark White @markgwyn]

Could the Israelis be any more depraved and disgusting? https://t.co/B68XqRLtB5

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

The right to protest isn’t a gift from government. It’s a democratic principle, hard-won and easily lost.

Last night the government tried to smuggle through a “cumulative disruption” power that would let police ban protests simply because other people had protested in the same area before. Think about what that means: your right to march could be extinguished by someone else’s march on an entirely different issue.

They knew this wouldn’t survive proper scrutiny - so they denied MPs the time to give it any.

I supported the cross-party motion to oppose the cumulative disruption amendment. The government used its majority to force it through regardless.

Protest is supposed to be disruptive. That’s the point. From the suffragettes to the anti-apartheid movement, it was cumulative, persistent, inconvenient protest that changed this country for the better.

One of the most authoritarian political parties in modern British history is leading in the polls. As I said in the chamber when the government proscribed Palestine Action - a progressive Labour government should be building firewalls for our democracy, not tearing them down and pitch-rolling for Reform.

This Bill isn’t law yet. It now returns to the Lords, and this fight is far from over.

[Matiullah Jan @Matiullahjan919]

Israel’s iron dome didn’t see this coming from Pakistan

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

I appeal to European leaders: it is never too late to do the right thing. Stopping trade with and arms transfers to Israel, in light of the illegal occupation and associated crimes, is your obligation. What else must Israel do for you to suspend this agreement?

[Howard Beckett @BeckettUnite]

Israel 🇮🇱 continue to try to break any hope of peace

Airstrikes now on Al-Saksakiyya town in southern Lebanon 🇱🇧

Israel 🇮🇱 does not want peace

It’s racism, apartheid, land theft, genocide and wanting a ‘Greater 🇮🇱’

It’s time to sanction 🇮🇱 now.

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders:
“Enough is enough! shut it all down. Not another dollar, not another weapon for Israel.”

Raise your hand if you agree with Bernie Sanders 🖐️🖐️

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

I have just spoken with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

I expressed France’s full solidarity in the face of the indiscriminate strikes carried out by Israel in Lebanon today, which resulted in a very high number of civilian casualties. We condemn these strikes in the strongest possible terms.

They pose a direct threat to the sustainability of the ceasefire that has just been reached. Lebanon must be fully covered by it.

I reiterated the need to preserve Lebanon’s territorial integrity and France’s determination to support the efforts of the Lebanese authorities to uphold the country’s sovereignty and implement the Hezbollah disarmament plan.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Israel has committed mass murder in Lebanon again.

Western states and Western media outlets are complicit in this abomination.

They must be held responsible.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Daisy Eastlake, "You said you would withdraw from the UK-Israel trade agreement, trade was worth £6.2 billion in 2025, do you accept policies like this come with an economic cost? And how would you plug gaps like that?"

Zack Polanski, "I don't think we should be putting a cost on people's lives"

"We've seen an ongoing genocide in Gaza. We've seen hundreds of people die in the last 24 hours in Lebanon. As well as schoolchildren who have died in Iran"

"It's totally unacceptable"

"So the first thing is that there is no price on this and that we are protecting human life"

"Second, what does economic sovereignty look like?"

"Are we relying on countries that have bad human rights records, or human rights abuses, or terror acts, as we see this rogue state of Israel doing at the moment"

"It's clearly important that we disentangle from that"

"Either more robust sanctions, or making sure we have an industrial revolution in this country"

"Whether it's building the wind turbines for the climate crisis, or the productivity of the future"

"That means we wouldn't be relying on countries committing human rights abuses"

[Claudia Webbe @ClaudiaWebbe]

Israel is a rogue state. It’s a barbaric state.

Lebanon, Iran, Gaza, Syria, Iraq. Israel is out of control.

Israel is the single biggest threat to world peace. Arrest Netanyahu

[Howard Beckett @BeckettUnite]

Francesca Albanese on a ‘Greater Israel 🇮🇱’:

‘We are not post genocide’
‘While the world is distracted’
‘The genocide (& destruction) in Gaza 🇵🇸 goes on’
‘And 🇮🇱 expands north & east’
‘For a Greater 🇮🇱’

Apartheid
Land theft
Genocide

The world must boycott 🇮🇱 now.

[Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer]

The U.S. must immediately make clear to Israel that the ceasefire agreement is not and cannot be functional without a ceasefire in Lebanon. The American people want this war to end and bombing downtown Beirut is not a path to peace.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

No great surprise. Netanyahu talked Trump into the disastrous war in Iran.

We cannot allow Israel to continue shaping U.S. military and foreign policy.

Next week I will be offering a resolution to stop U.S. military aid to Israel.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Zack Polanski, "What is it going to take for this Labour government to put robust sanctions on Israel"

"It is outrageous that Israel are still enjoying diplomatic and trade privileges from the international community"

"And as the Green Party we are calling on this government to make much more robust sanctions, to withdraw the UK-Israel trade agreement, and to end the genocide"

[Jvnior @Jvnior]

🇪🇸 BREAKING: Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu

He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.”

He also adds that the EU will suspend its Association Agreement with Israel very soon.

This is what true leadership looks like.

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

There is no peace in Lebanon as Israel continues to bomb, kill & seize the land. When is the world including our own government going to stand up to this war criminal state? https://t.co/lgBXz7yS8p

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Israel is a rogue state and our government should treat it as such.

Our Government should have suspended diplomatic and trade relations long ago but if not now, when?