Labour Disgraces Itself Over Gaza
Summary
TLDRThe script discusses the UK Labour Party's response to alleged war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza. It focuses on the suspension of Labour MP Kate Osamor for adding Gaza to the list of genocides remembered on Holocaust Memorial Day. The narrator argues Labour has failed to uphold international law, with its leader and other MPs defending or not condemning Israel's actions in Gaza. The narrator says this allows the Conservatives to avoid scrutiny for supporting Israel. They argue Labour is purging left-wing critics of Israel's actions while protecting the careers of those who support it.
Takeaways
- 😡 Labor party has failed to criticize Israel's actions in Gaza, allowing the conservatives to avoid political pressure over supporting Israel's military campaign there.
- 😤 Labor has suspended left-wing MP Kate Osamor for suggesting that Israel's actions in Gaza could constitute genocide, something now acknowledged as a valid claim by the International Court of Justice.
- 🤬 Senior Labor figures including Keir Starmer have openly supported Israel's "right to self-defense" and backed policies like cutting off power and water to Gaza that violate international law.
- 😠 Labor figures refused to clearly condemn Israel's forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as unlawful, despite it being a clear war crime.
- 😑 Labor's shadow attorney general dodged questions about whether cutting off essential utilities to Gaza violates international law.
- 😩 Labor helped defund the main UN aid agency supporting Gazans, worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis there.
- 🙁 Deputy leader Angela Rayner personally told a Palestinian she supports Palestine, but did nothing when he was thrown out of a Labor meeting.
- 🤯 Starmer promised human rights would be central to foreign policy but Labor ended up supporting an Israeli military campaign now under investigation for possible genocide.
- 😔 Conservative and Labor parties both failed to uphold international law or human rights in their responses to Gaza crisis.
- 😣 Situation highlights the poor state of UK's political leadership and need for greater public advocacy on this issue.
Q & A
What is Kate Oor's alleged crime that led to her suspension from the Labour party?
-Kate Oor included the current situation in Gaza in the list of genocides to remember on Holocaust Memorial Day in her newsletter to local Labour members. This opinion is now considered legitimate after Gaza's genocide case against Israel was accepted by the International Court of Justice.
How has the Labour leadership contradicted their own statements about upholding international law during the Gaza conflict?
-The Labour leader and shadow cabinet members initially said Israel had the right to self-defense and refused to condemn clear violations of international law like cutting off power and water to civilians. This contradicts later statements about upholding international law.
What does the defunding of UNRWA mean for humanitarian assistance in Gaza?
-With UNRWA defunded due to unproven Israeli allegations against a tiny fraction of its staff, Gaza has lost its main humanitarian agency. The UN Special Rapporteur says this makes the imminent famine now inevitable, contradicting Labour's meaningless platitudes about ensuring aid access.
What has the Labour party's response been to the aggression shown towards Palestinian activists?
-Labour leaders like Angela Rayner have stood by silently as Palestinian activists describing loss of life in Gaza were aggressively removed from party meetings, despite previously claiming to support Palestine.
How does Keir Starmer's foreign policy record as Labour leader compare to his leadership pledges?
-Despite promising to put human rights at the heart of foreign policy, Starmer's Labour ended up backing potential war crimes in Gaza, refusing to condemn clear violations of international law by Israel.
What options are left for British voters opposed to conflict in Israel-Palestine?
-With both major parties vocal in their support for Israel despite allegations of human rights violations and genocide, there is little meaningful policy difference left for British voters seeking a peaceful resolution in Israel-Palestine.
Why has Labour suspended left-wing MPs over Israel-Palestine opinions?
-Labour is using the Gaza conflict as an excuse to drive out left-wing factional opponents within the party who oppose the mass slaughter of Palestinians.
How could Labour resolve its internal divisions over Israel-Palestine?
-By restoring a consistent pro-human rights position that upholds international law and applies standards evenly across its membership rather than persecuting one faction.
What lasting impact could the IJC genocide ruling have?
-If Israel is found guilty of genocide by the ICC, the Labour party's vocal support for its actions in Gaza would be seen as complicity in an act of genocide, with severe political consequences.
How has Labour sacrificed ethical consistency for political convenience?
-Labour loudly trumpets that democracies must uphold international law, but has refused to condemn Israeli violations of international law for political convenience and attacked its own members who voice support for human rights in Israel-Palestine.
Outlines
😡 Labor's shameful complicity in Israel's war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza
Paragraph 1 criticizes the UK Labour party for failing to oppose Israel's attacks on Gaza, which allows the conservatives to continue supporting Israel's actions. It mentions the suspension of left-wing Labour MP Kate Osamor for linking the Gaza attacks to genocides remembered on Holocaust Memorial Day, while right-wing Labour MPs who committed offenses remain in the party.
🌀 Labour leader and top officials endorse Israel's war crimes in Gaza
Paragraph 2 provides examples of Labour leader Keir Starmer and other top Labour officials like David Lammy and Emily Thornberry defending or refusing to condemn Israel's war crimes in Gaza, like cutting off water and electricity to civilians. This contradicts Lammy's claim that Labour has consistently upheld international law regarding the conflict.
😤 Labour shadow ministers refuse to say Israel's actions in Gaza breach international law
Paragraph 3 shows Labour shadow cabinet members like Lisa Nandy repeatedly dodging the question of whether Israel breached international law by cutting off water and power to Gaza civilians. It also mentions Israel distracting from its potential genocide ruling by accusing UNRWA Gaza staff of terrorism.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Labour Party
💡Gaza
💡Holocaust Memorial Day
💡International Court of Justice (ICJ)
💡Genocide
💡International Law
💡War Crimes
💡UNRWA
💡Humanitarian Crisis
💡Collective Punishment
Highlights
Kate O'Moore suspended from Labour for mentioning Israel's actions in Gaza could constitute genocide, which ICJ now agrees is a legitimate opinion.
Labour leader Keir Starmer defended Israel's right to cut off water and energy to civilians in Gaza, a war crime violating the Geneva Convention.
David Lammy falsely claimed Labour has upheld international law regarding Israel/Palestine when he and others refused to condemn Israel's war crimes.
Emily Thornberry refused to say if Israel cutting off basic supplies to Gaza civilians breached international law.
Lisa Nandy refused to say if Israel breached international law by cutting off power and water to Gaza.
US and UK suspended funding for UNRWA, Gaza's main aid agency, despite ICJ ruling Israel must enable humanitarian aid to address conditions faced by Palestinians.
Suspending UNRWA funding will lead to inevitable famine in Gaza according to UN, but Labour did not strongly condemn it.
Angela Rayner previously said she supports Palestine but did nothing when a Palestinian was aggressively removed from a Labour meeting she attended.
Keir Starmer promised human rights at the heart of foreign policy but Labour ended up backing potential Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
Iraq war supporters now dominate Labour and would repeat it, and also support Israel's actions in Gaza.
Labour no longer committed to reversing damage by Tories and cheers on potential genocide of Palestinians.
Reason to speak out loudly as little to choose from Tories enabling potential genocide and pro-genocide Labour.
International Court of Justice ruled Israel's actions could constitute genocide, contradicting Labour's defense.
Labour figures repeatedly refused to condemn clear Israeli war crimes in Gaza documented by human rights groups.
Labour's refusal to strongly condemn Israeli actions enables Tories to arm Israel without political pressure.
Transcripts
labor have completely disgraced
themselves over Gaza their behavior has
been completely unforgivable and that
matters for two reasons one it's allowed
the conservatives to get away with
murder literally the government can keep
arming and backing Israel as it butchers
the people of Gaza knowing that they
won't come under domestic political
pressure for doing so secondly labor is
the inevitable government in Waiting
given the total implosion of the
conservative party so what's the latest
outrage on the part of labor they've
suspended the leftwing MP K oore one of
the only black female labor MPS now bear
in mind they've already de facto booted
D abber who was the first ever black
female MP elected while other labor MPS
who are white and not leftwing have been
treated completely differently like Neil
Coyle who racially harassed a journalist
and reportedly had a complaint of sexual
harassment against him he had the whip
restored and sits again as a labor mp on
the other hand judging by what's
happened to leftwing MPS they won't
restore the whip to Kate oore and thus
ban her from standing as an MP and it's
not just her come on to that now what is
Kate oor's crime in her Weekly
Newsletter to local labor members sent
last Friday she wrote and I quote that
Holocaust Memorial Day is an
International Day to Remember the 6
million Jews murdered during the
Holocaust the millions of other people
murdered under Nazi persecution of other
groups and more recent genocides in
Cambodia Rwanda Bosnia and now Gaza now
first things first Holocaust Memorial
Day exists to remember the shower that
is the Nazis genocide of European Jews
and other genocides in the words of the
Holocaust Memorial Day trust itself it
is an International Day on the 27th of
January to remember the 6 million Jews
murdered during the Holocaust alongside
the millions of people murdered under
Nazi persecution of other groups and
during more recent genocides in Cambodia
Rwanda Bosnia and dfor now the reason I
say this is some might be under the
impression that Holocaust Memorial Day
exists solely to remember the Nazi
Genocide of the Jewish people but it
doesn't now last week the international
court of justice the highest court on
Earth accepted South Africa's case
against Israel for the crime of genocide
as being plausible so Israel is now on
trial for an alleged genocide among
other things what that ruling now means
is that it is a legitimate opinion to
believe that Israel's Onslaught against
Gaza is a genocide because the case was
not dismissed now there may be those of
you who do not believe this constitutes
a genocide if that's your view what you
can no longer do is dismiss the claim
that there's a genocide as an outrage as
a disgrace as somehow being beyond the
Realms of acceptable opinion so Kate
oore has been suspended for adding what
the highest court on earth now considers
an alleged ongoing genocide to the list
of genocides to remember on a day which
exists to remember genocides so that's
now an opinion that's an opinion clearly
which is unacceptable in the labor party
we've already seen fellow leftwing Andy
McDonald be suspended for say saying and
I quote we won't rest until we have
Justice until all people Israelis and
Palestinians between the river and the
Sea can live in peaceful Liberty a call
there for peaceful coexistence well
you're out for that support Mass
Slaughter and AP parde no problem at all
what is an acceptable opinion as far as
the labor part is concerned well for
start supporting what is now officially
considered as an alleged genocide and
specifically supporting war crimes which
commi this is part of a general pattern
which I predicted back in October would
be the case that those who would be
driven from their jobs or their
positions threatened or facing
harassment silencing demonization would
be those opposing the mass murder of
Palestinians while those uh supporting
this Slaughter would be treated as
respectable and moderates with no impact
on their career whatsoever now to be
clear k tharma who became leader on a
pack of Lies pretending to be leftwing
committing to a range of policies he
didn't actually believe in like
nationalization higher taxes are the
rich abolishing tuition fees and indeed
labor being a broad church is looking
for an excuse any excuse to purge
leftwing MPS and his crew is using the
Mass Slaughter of the Palestinian people
which the labor leadership has aided and
abetted to further that cynical
factional end now let's just go through
this particularly sorted episode in
labor history shall we on Friday labor
Shadow foreign secretary David Lamy
tweeted labor has been clear throughout
the conflict that international law must
be must be upheld that the independence
of international courts must be
respected and that all sides must be
accountable labor must now comply with
the orders in the icj ruling in full
sorry what what was that David sorry
what you say that labor has been clear
throughout the conflict that
international law must be upheld is that
what you seriously
wrote seriously it's just a bareface lie
isn't it you shouldn't throw the word
lie around willly nilly but unless David
Lamy is completely oblivious to what
international law is unfortunate given
he's a lawyer by training and in which
case he shouldn't be a shadow foreign
secretary then he must know that what he
tweeted is not true let's start with St
the leader of the labor party sadly
shall we who said near the start of the
Israel Onslaught the following I'm very
clear Israel must have that does have
that right to defend herself um and
Hamas Bears responsibility a Siege is
appropriate cutting off power cutting
off water s well I think that Israel
does have that right it is an ongoing
situation he defended Israel's right to
cut off water and energy to civilians a
straightforward War War crime it's in
violation of the Geneva Convention to be
precise article 33 forbidding Collective
punishment that's for a start now indeed
in the icj Judgment the court
specifically referred to the Israeli
defense minister yo Gallant cutting off
water and energy and other basic
supplies as part of a Siege which K stor
they backed on National radio and it was
of course Justified on the grounds that
Palestinians were human animals the icga
cited that is damning evidence so from
the outset the labor leader supported
war crimes violating international law
it gets worse let's listen to David Lamy
himself on the 15th of October when
asked about Israel's forceable
displacement of the Palestinian people
in Gaza which led to virtually all the
Palestinian population being displaced
from their homes you support the order
to move them or not the order to move
them well clearly just yes or no it's
not a yes or no Victoria I'm I'm hoping
one day to be foreign secretary and and
Achieve Diplomat so it's not a yes or no
let me let can I answer the question
please very simply this this is a war
situation war is ugly yes very very
sadly people die we have rules and those
rules mean that you must minimize death
now you know and I know because
Netanyahu has said that there will be an
invasion shortly against that backdrop
of course it's right that civilians must
not be In Harm's Way and an order has
been issued I'm glad that that order has
been extended of course I am but this
but what I the point I want to get
across is that it's hugely important
that we minimize the loss of human life
and anyone see
those it's horrendous for those people
that are facing that at this point in
time so he refused to say whether he
supported forcible displacement or
opposed it that's a war crime a very
clear War crime which David Lamy could
not condemn is that been clear
throughout the conflict that
international law must be
upheld obviously not it gets worse let's
listen to Emily thorry my own MP
Labour's Shadow attorney general who
will there will be the top lawyer in the
next Labor government when she was asked
about cutting off food water and power
to civilians but I mean I don't know
they've already cut off the food I what
you're saying but what I'm saying that's
against international law it's really
simple SEC doesn't seem to think it is
simp what is simple is that whatever
actions are taken by a democracy it has
to be done in in accordance with
international law and we have heard
tonight from the Prim from the from the
president of the United States that he
has been on the phone to Netanyahu and
both of them have agreed that
democracies need to act in ordance with
international law pause there if I may
do you think cutting off food water and
electricity is within international law
I think that Israel has an absolute
right to defend itself against terrorism
question I asked it is an answer to the
question that that you've asked and I
think it's an appropriate one at this
time why won't you answer whether you
think it's in line with international
law or not because I've tried to answer
and I've tried to to to I've tried to
say that we've already heard from your
previous guest about what might be
happening on a day-to-day basis so we're
now on day four and so we hear that
there are there are troops massing on
the border there may well be an
incursion in the immediately before an
incursion then as the permanent
representative have said that it might
be appropriate in those circumstances
for there to be the sort of action that
we've heard about and then the then the
then the invasion afterwards I don't
know because at the moment we're in the
middle of a hot war and and Israel is in
the middle of Defending itself and we
have to stand with Israel just like like
we would expect people to stand with us
if we were the victims of terrorism as
well there we go again refusing to
condemn this avert War crime also back
in October Labour's International
Development secretary or Shadow
International Development secretary Lisa
nandy also refused to say whether Israel
breached international law when it cut
off power and water to Gaza do you think
Israel breached international law by
cutting off water and power supplies
look I think this is an extraordinarily
complex and fast moving situation there
are 200
what's the answer to the question well
look Israel has the right to
self-defense and it has a duty to secure
the release of its hostages but my
question my question Ure interational
law is upheld right and so my question
is do you think Israel has has breached
International humanitarian law by
cutting off water and fuel supplies well
in the last 24 hours we've seen water
medicine and food enter Gaza it is in
very limited Supply at the moment but I
am hopeful that we'll be able to amplify
and scale up those efforts urgently
there is a very small window in which a
an Israeli government that is responding
to fear and pain in Israel and the
Egyptian government as well who have
serious concerns about the opening of
the Raffa Crossing may be persuaded with
the help of the United States and others
to not just allow Aid into Gaza but to
allow safe Passage through through Gaza
to reach people in the north we' got to
focus on I I am going to ask the
question again do you think Israel
breached international law by cutting
off Power and Water Supplies look I'm
not going to sit in your studio and
Grand standand and tell you that I'm
going to make big pronouncements it gets
worse and worse Israel also
coincidentally succeeded in kicking the
LJ placing onra for genocide off the
headlines by suddenly releasing that 12
members of unra the UN agency task were
looking after Palestinian refugees and
the May main humanitarian agency in Gaza
were allegedly involved in the 7th of
October attacks now we don't know what
crimes they're accused of they haven't
been tried or found guilty of anything
there had no justice process in fact and
the evidence comes allegedly from
interrogations by the shinb Israel's
Military Intelligence who used torture
so that's unproven and unspecified
allegations from a state with a track
record of lying through its teeth
against members of an organization which
employs 30,000 staff so that's
0.04% the result countries such as the
United States in Britain have suspended
their funding of unra what does that
mean exactly unra is the main
humanitarian agency in Gaza as I say
Gaza is on the brink of famine it people
are deprived of Necessities like clean
water and shelter its healthcare system
has been destroyed in its provisional
measures the icj has just ruled that
Israel must take immediate and effective
measures to enable the provision of
urgently needed basic services and
humanitarian assistance to address the
adverse conditions of live face by
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip well
that's not possible with unra being
defunded as they've said themselves they
won't be able to continue assisting Gaza
Beyond February unless funding is
restored according to the UN special
raur on the right to food Michael fakre
before this decision famine was imminent
famine is now inevitable so what does
Lisa nandi say as labors Shadow
International Development secretary
after the conservatives pull the plug on
gaza's Main humanitarian agency during
an epic human Ian catastrophe she says
allegations this series demand a serious
response as the UK rightly ensures that
Aid is never used to support terrorism
we are seeking urgent discussions with
ministers to ensure ordinary gazans can
access Aid the humanitarian crisis in
Gaza cannot wait that is a m mouth way
of supporting choking gaza's main
humanitarian agency in a humanitarian
catastrophe which will inevitably kill
large numbers of Palestinians and
wrapping it up with meaningless
humanitarian platitudes because there is
no substitute for UNR in terms of
getting large amounts of humanitarian
Aid urgently into Gaza as per the icj
ruling now it gets worse in a previous
video I spoke to dala a Palestinian man
whose family was killed in Gaza after he
was thrown out of a labor meeting in my
hometown Stockport like he's a bag of
trash and labor Shadow business
secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Labour's
Deputy leader Angela Raina just stood
there it later transpired that Angela
Raina who has refused to vote for Cesar
and refused to speak out against the
massacre of Gaza previously met posed
for a picture with him and told him I
support Palestine Palestine must be free
then does nothing as Palestinians are
Massac and then she watches this
Palestinian she previously met who she
personally committed to to support
Palestine get aggressively thrown out of
her meeting like he was less than
dirt what do you even say what do you
even
say already stood for leader K sta
promised and I quote to put human rights
at the heart of foreign policy
that was pleasure number four by the way
just one lie amongst so many other lies
as he duped labor members into voting
for him on an entirely false perspectus
what actually happened in the end the
labor party and his leadership ended up
both overtly backing war crimes and
refusing to condemn war crimes and
backing an Israeli Onslaught which is
now being investigated as a possible
genocide by the highest court on
Earth doesn't very well for them does it
in terms of running the country bear in
mind that the sort of people surrounding
Karma and those who are dominant in the
labor party are now the sort of people
who think the Iraq War was a good thing
and would do it all over again even
knowing what they do
now what a terrible State our
democracy's in with so little to choose
from either conservative by which has
wrecked the country which is enabling a
potential genocide and a labor party no
longer committed to reversing the damage
inflicted by The Toys on the country and
which also cheers on a potential
genocide Bleak but all the more reason
for the rest of us to speak out and
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