On 13 November, Labour Party prime minister Keir Starmer refused to call Israel’s actions in occupied Gaza a genocide. Starmer has used the word genocide elsewhere…There have long been debates over where to use the word genocide. Like his boss, he has also insisted on avoiding the word genocide, and on minimising Israel’s crimes. And despite kneeling before the altar of the pro-Israel lobby, Starmer still faces pressure to back Israel’s genocide even more passionately. Indeed, British governments under Starmer and Sunak have participated in Israel’s genocide via RAF flights over Gaza, and US flights from the UK’s base on Cyprus.

Source: The Times November 14, 2024 18:38 UTC