|
UK Labour leader faces rebellion after refusing to back vote for Gaza ceasefire
[IsraelTimes] 56 Labour MPs back ceasefire call, which is defeated nonetheless; 8 members of Keir Starmer’s frontbench team resign in protest at his stance; he urges longer ’humanitarian pauses’.Starmer — who looks set to become Britannia’s next prime minister at an election expected next year, according to polling — has refused to call for a permanent ceasefire. A centrist who rooted out antisemitism in Labour, which ran rampant under his left-wing pro-Paleostinian predecessor Jeremy Corbyn, Starmer has said he would push for a two-state solution if elected to government. The former human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. lawyer has called for a humanitarian pause to Israel’s bombardment to allow much-needed aid to reach ordinary Paleostinians unable to leave the coastal enclave. His stance, however, has caused disquiet within the party. A Labour front man said a ceasefire would freeze the conflict and "leave hostages in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... , and Hamas  ...a regional Iranian catspaw,...with the infrastructure and capability to carry out the sort of attack we saw on October 7." "International law must be followed at all times and innocent civilians must be protected. Labour is calling for humanitarian pauses in the fighting," the front man said. Related: Keir Starmer: 2023-10-26 Dear Woke Western relativists, after the Jews Hamas is coming for you Keir Starmer: 2023-08-09 Europe’s far-left is normalizing antisemitism, report co-authored by ADL warns; but tiny, right-wing Catholic party condemned for Joo-hate Keir Starmer: 2023-07-05 UK okays bill barring public bodies from boycotting Israel Posted by: trailing wife 2023-11-18 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=684057 |