Monday, August 4th is scheduled for a Pro-Palestine groups ‘Siege on Labour’ day, targeting Labour MPs, councillors—who have zero say in foreign policy—and their staff. Actions will be based on an 8-page ‘toolkit,’ urging all UK-based ‘solidarity groups’ to force Labour to take an even tougher stance against Israel.
PM Keir Starmer’s appeasement of this movement, including some party members, currently includes threatening to recognise a Palestinian state, unless Israel declares a ceasefire and commits to a two-state solution. This policy likely took shape under the advice of the foreign secretary, gormless David Lammy, who pro-Palestine activists now want to see sacked and tried as a “war criminal.”
According to the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), Monday’s offensive would be followed up on Saturday, July 8th, with a campaign to ‘break’ (i.e. clog up) the criminal justice system through mass arrests of supporters of proscribed group Palestine Action, whose backers could face prison sentences of up to 14 years.
Saying it is “time for us to escalate,” PYM declared
The Labour Party is under immense pressure from the public, the media and from their [sic] voting base (with the announcement of the new left party) to take a stronger stance on Gaza.
