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Being honest about Israeli apartheid
Ordinary Palestinians face systematic discrimination and oppression under Israeli occupation — Labour must be free to talk about this plainly, argues HUGH LANNING
A ball of fire and smoke rise from an explosion on a Palestinian apartment tower following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, October 7, 2023
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THE Labour Party reformation’s latest doctrinal edict seems to be that “thou shall not useth apartheid and Israel in the same sentence” or words to that effect. What is it that is motivating this latest bit of dogma and frightening Labour to ever greater lengths to silence support for Palestine and any criticism of Israel?
One can quote sectarian politics and the party distancing itself from any remaining vestiges of Corbynism. But it is deeper than that, it is “Eurowhiteness” or put more simply — racism.
The Labour Party has swallowed wholesale Israel’s narrative that it is a democracy, that is part and parcel of the white, European, Western world.
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