ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States
Labour must follow the TUC over Palestine
In a fringe speech for the Labour & Palestine campaign group, MATT WILLGRESS contrasts the government’s inaction with the TUC’s demands, calling for recognition of Palestine, an arms embargo and concrete steps to hold Israel accountable

ISRAEL’S military assault on Gaza has killed over 45,000 Palestinians, injured more than 90,000 and displaced over 75 per cent of the population.
The illegal war has destroyed housing, hospitals, schools and universities. And this is before we look at the growing aggression in the West Bank and now in Lebanon.
This was the context to the recent TUC Congress when delegates unanimously passed a motion that clearly revealed the inadequacy of the new British government’s approach to Israel’s illegal war — unfortunately, something that has not been discussed at this conference.
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