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If Macklemore calling out a genocide causes you to feel "outraged" towards him & Ed Sheeran & not the actual genocide, then you have failed as a human being.
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The wildly over-the-top reaction to Britain's tiny Israeli settlements trade ban – including hyperbolic media inflation of minimal risks and nonsense warnings – is a sign of just how much international impunity Israel has enjoyed, and for how long
'Labour are sanctioning Israeli settlements to secure the Muslim vote'
Tune in now to today's Daily T where Camilla and Tim discuss Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband’s decision to impose sanctions on Israeli settlements and whether the move is a desperate ploy to sway voters ahead of the crucial Holborn and St Pancras by-election next month
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Installing Miliband as Foreign sec was a masterstroke. Him being Jewish and known for being pretty moderate makes it so much harder for the media to use their usual antisemitism lines.
Burnham needs to decide which comes first - his party or his country.
By sanctioning Israel to appease Labour activists, he is putting our country’s security, alliances and medical supplies at risk.
A Prime Minister’s first duty must be the safety of the British people.
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Astonishing line of questioning from Justin Webb of @Ed_Miliband on @BBCr4today Obviously highly critical of any sanctions. But asking him if he went to synagogue? Surely unacceptable at every level. And not an iota of sympathy for #Palestinians@STWuk#sanctions#westbank#BDS
The interview of @Ed_Miliband conducted by @JustinOnWeb on @BBCr4today this morning, even for Webb, struck a new low. Using the disgraceful remarks of @chiefrabbi as a lever, he effectively suggested Miliband wasnt Jewish because he didn't attend synagogue. The entire treatment of the issue by the programme was appalling. Soft soap interview of the Israeli spokesperson who was not challenged on the ICJ judgement on the illegality of the occupation, nor on the active support of the Israeli Government for settler violence. Central frame of Miliband interview was antisemitism, safety of British Jews alongside the expected Pro Israel talking points( you can't enforce a ban- why not wait until after the elections?). Astonishingly at the end he challenged Miliband on why he didn't use the word genocide. When Miliband gave his inadequate answer, that this had to be determined by the ICJ, of course Webb didn't say what he could have.." given the ICJ has accepted the plausibility of South Africa's case, will the UK be taking further action, as it is obliged to do , to prevent genocide". Instead he threw at him Simon Schama's grotesque line that anyone who accuses Israel of genocide is guilty of a blood libel, a premiss that would make Israel uniquely protected from ever being investigated for the crime whatever the evidence. 2 days of coverage of the issue as the main story on Today ... not a single interview with a Palestinian... not a single interview with anyone who supports the action but feels it does not go anywhere near far enough .
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There’s no coming back from this for the UK. Britain is Israel’s ally no longer. It has become an enemy of the Jewish people, a threat to the west and a menace to civilisation.
Ed Miliband’s statement on Israel is only a first step.
We need to go further: a full ban on goods, services & investment.
Labour is still shamefully refusing to recognise the Gaza genocide.
We must have a full arms embargo, full sanctions & an end to military collaboration.
I hugely appreciate the solidarity so will say this with care. I have fought anti-Semitism on here, and in the Labour Party, for years. But it cannot be right that the UK government must refrain from sanctions against settlements because it will make anti-Semites happy (which it will). Just because all the wrong people support something doesn’t actually make it wrong or impermissible. The real problem in this case is the current government of Israel.
I’m sorry, just to be clear, but we are talking about settlements that are *illegal under international law* and we aren’t doing this alone - the UK has been joined by France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Spain Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Poland, and Sweden.