I think HMG is wary of just going along with what Israel says because this could look bad at a later date. So yes, there is a difference. But I think that difference is related to the fact that no-one cares much what the UK position is.
Like it or not in your apparently frothing apoplexy he made a reasonable comment. All your sky fairy jebus jarg doesn't really cut it.
Think it's because he is in some sense the boss of the hospital that was bombed. Or, technically, the boss's assistant.
No call for a ceasefire. How hard is it to call for a ceasefire? Those are weasel words, I'm afraid. No direct criticism of Israel's actions, only those of Hamas.It might be, but what Sunak said is very similar to what the Archbishop of Canterbury said earlier:
...on double by-election day.
www.channel4.com
This looks sus to me. The footage supposedly comes from a Palestinian journalist's Twitter live feed. But it wouldn't be practically possible to verify something that streamed in the past...The footage is pretty definitive and has been verified by the guardian. the rocket comes from the ground behind the hospital from what i can see.
Al-Ahli Arab hospital: piecing together what happened as Israel insists militant rocket to blame
Open-source information gives an idea of what happened at the hospital where hundreds were killedwww.theguardian.com
Hadn't even noticed that.
threadreaderapp.com
www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
otherwords.org
This belongs in another thread really, but replying to this now as I missed it when you posted.
labourlist.org
You're right, Husam Zomlot was given a lot of time and was not put through the same loaded series of questions I've seen from the BBC. For that reason, its a very good listen. Yet, the discussion seemed to loop around several times with the hosts trying to draw parallels between violence by both sides. Husam responded to this really well, but even on the outro it was clear they had not accepted this as a premise.
The sign of the ultrapedant
This belongs in another thread really, but replying to this now as I missed it when you posted.
You are wrong, because it isn't just about how it effects people's votes, but it is inherently destabilising to the Labour Party because Corbyn and his supporters were railroaded based on the idea that any criticism of Israel is anti-semitic. Israel conducting ethnic cleansing against Gaza - which they are, it seems almost certain they will annex North Gaza having already violently driven a million people from their homes - will be seem as vindicating Corbyn in speaking up for Palestine, and potentially reignite Labour's civil war. The resignations of councillors is likely only the beginning of it.
Starmer emails all councillors over Israel-Gaza as party tensions grow - LabourList
Horror in Gaza Since our email was sent out this morning, Keir Starmer has written to all Labour…
I know in my local area, popular North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll was denied standing for re-election due to extremely tenuous accusations of anti-semitism - basically he shared a stage with Ken Loach and talked about movies instead of berating him for "anti-semitism" because he refused to disown all Labour members expelled from the Party based on anti-semitism. So opponents of Starmer were expelled for anti-semitism on spurious grounds for supporting Palestine. Ken Loach said it was a politically motivated purge so therefore he is anti-semitic and was expelled. Jamie Driscoll talked to Ken Loach about movies instead of berating him for being anti-semitic so therefore he is himself anti-semitic and was denied running for re-election despite local popularity and success.
Driscoll will be standing as an independent and taking most of the local Labour Party campaigners with him. This gives more energy to his campaign. And this is just one local area, I believe there are similar fissures and tensions in local Labour Parties around the country and this moves these tensions significantly closer to boiling point. As discussed on the Keir Starmer thread, there is also an attempt to unseat Starmer with an independent continuity Corbyn candidate in a constituency which is 30% Muslim and also with a high student population. I'm sure there are other manifestations of this tension around the country.
I will copy this post to the Starmer thread so you can reply there without derailing this one.
Aside from anything else, that's a weird statement to give about any army.
“Last year, 2022, was the deadliest year for Palestinian children in the West Bank in 15 years, and 2023 is on track to meet or exceed 2022 levels. Israeli forces had killed at least 34 Palestinian children in the West Bank as of August 22. Human Rights Watch investigated four fatal shootings of Palestinian children by Israeli forces between November 2022 and March 2023.”
