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Phil Butt's avatar

If the Labour Party were a left leaning humanitarian political party who truly championed the rights of the majority of the UK population then there would be no such pressure group as Friends of Israel within it because no right thinking individual would support a vicious genocidal regime such as the Israeli government in the first place - simples...!!!

Roisin maguire's avatar

How do we show support for this brave and principled stance by this school? It’s vital they are not made to feel isolated and unrepresentative as this will be exactly how they will be portrayed

David Kauders's avatar

Owen, this is one of many problems with British political governance. We need a written constitution with a longer time horizon than the next general election, the right for people to put topics on the political govenance agenda subject to a minimum threshold of 10% of the electorate supporting a proposition, a complete ban on political lies with teeth, and a thorough restatement of our rights.

Once we admit that we are dealing with system failure, then everything can be redesigned.

We can do it the hard way, by drifting on until the UK breaks up and England descends to civil war.

Or we can do it the easier way, which is by thoughtful journalists reading my book REINVENTING DEMOCRACY.

The political desks will not risk comptomising their sources, so it is up to you.

Zainah-Elizabeth Lovell's avatar

The usual lies by supporters of zionist israelis. If I still had children at school, I would be totally against them being spoken to by a supporter of zionism. I’d take them out of school, than have them listen to propaganda. This school was right to do what it did.

EVA's avatar

A well rehearsed, long practiced, MO from global pro-Israel lobby, in all its myriad iterations.

When once it was easy ride, 25 months of live-streamed Genocide in Gaza, violence in West Bank, East Jerusalem have made it harder work to silence criticism.

For e.g -UK Lawyers for Israel have mastered this intimidatory coercive approach to perfection. Exert elite pressure, issue intimidatory legal threats, wherever there is Palestinian presence, demanding cancellations of events removal of art, cultural exhibitions, emblems, talks in schools, on grounds of ' individual Jewish' anxiety , fear. Normalising linkage of Palestinians, and those who support them, as, collectively, posing inherent threat. to individuals. These tactics never makes headlines. Least of all in pro-Israeli MSM. BBC News included.

Labour Friends of Israel adopting same tactics of never allowing context, the full picture, to interrupt their lobbying . Strip it out , omit, elide, and declare outrage- under catch all banner of 'antisemitism'. Closing down debate on this issue inside the Labour Party was part of same approach under Starmer Leadership.

Bottom line. The prevention of viable State of Palestine . By any and every means. This is official Israeli position. Zionism is driving political ideology of State of Israel. LFI support and identify as Zionist. Killing, repression, subjugation key features of means adopted by unlawful Occupation. Can't have slipped past LFI notice!

So lying by omitting to mention reason why Vice -Chair of LFI was given another date to visit school, and why PSC referenced his visits to Israel during Genocidal war , par for course. It's what they do . Hasbara in action.

This applies to CFI - all on same page, casting doubt on ICC case against Netanyahu, dismissing legality of South Africa to bring case to ICJ- falls into same MO. Racist undertones .

They must not get away with it without challenge. Least we can do. Expose and challenge.