A Palestinian man carries a blanket covering the remains of a dead person retrieved from the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023
LABOUR was lurching towards meltdown today over Sir Keir Starmer’s backing for Israeli war crimes, with councillors quitting the party and council leaders telling the leadership that a U-turn is urgently needed.
At a crisis meeting on Monday night, the council leaders warned Sir Keir’s factotum Sue Gray and shadow foreign secretary David Lammy that the Labour leader must walk back his support for Israel’s blockade of food, fuel and water supplies to Gaza, according to an ITV report.
The party has “only days to act” before a tsunami of council resignations begins, with up to a dozen on the brink of quitting in one local authority alone.
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ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians