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Pro-Palestine activists believe ‘sea change’ coming in Labour’s approach to Middle East
The Guardian ^ | Fri 12 Jun 2026 | Patrick Wintour

Posted on 06/12/2026 9:23:28 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Pro-Palestine activists believe there could be a “sea change” in the Labour party’s approach to the crisis in the Middle East which could result in the government taking a tougher stance on Israel.

Campaigners have pointed to the threat posed to Labour by the Green surge in the local elections, the likely departure of Keir Starmer from No 10, and new polling which shows an appetite among Labour members for a ban on all arms shipments to Israel.

The relative optimism marks a mood swing for a campaign that has been hit hard by losing successive high court cases, the labelling of Palestine Action as a terrorist group, and the failure of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to progress Palestinian self-rule.

Both of the frontrunners to replace Starmer as UK prime minister, Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham, have in the past urged Labour to do more to support Palestine. In the debates so far both have refused to describe Israel’s actions as genocide, although Streeting has accused Israel of committing war crimes. He also circulated a dossier from British doctors working in Palestine to cabinet, only to be accused by Starmer, according to an interview in the Observer, of doing so for the document to be leaked.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


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1 posted on 06/12/2026 9:23:28 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think the title is missing “... or else!”


2 posted on 06/12/2026 9:24:24 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Labour the Joke party


3 posted on 06/12/2026 9:26:24 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: MinorityRepublican

And in other news, the UK is once again gutting its defense budget. So the UK is turning into yet another European power that talks anti-Israel but has zero military power to back up any policy that it has. You have to pay to play, Keir. And the UK no longer is paying.


4 posted on 06/12/2026 9:32:38 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Where is this ‘Palestine’ of which they speak? ...............


5 posted on 06/12/2026 9:35:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hating on Jews is getting real popular again worldwide.


6 posted on 06/12/2026 9:45:04 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: MinorityRepublican
new polling which shows an appetite among Labour members for a ban on all arms shipments to Israel.

If true it means that Joseph Goebbels was right - propaganda works.

7 posted on 06/12/2026 9:48:27 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: Red Badger

Jerry says it doesnt exist


8 posted on 06/12/2026 9:54:50 AM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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To: joshua c

I believe Jerry............He should know.............


9 posted on 06/12/2026 10:03:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: packrat35

yeah, Labour is crashing and burning, so they’re turning to the age ol’, all-purpose excuse of fascists everywhere: it’s the fault of Der Joos ...


10 posted on 06/12/2026 10:30:23 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: libertylover

When it comes to arms how much is shipped from the UK to Israel?


11 posted on 06/12/2026 10:37:07 AM PDT by xp38
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To: MinorityRepublican

The sea of change should come out after gaza is carpet bombed in to ruble and that ruble bulldozed in to the river and the sea.

With or with out a pal or two.....


12 posted on 06/12/2026 10:39:52 AM PDT by BFW
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Guardian is Israel-hating Leftist Propaganda


13 posted on 06/12/2026 10:59:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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