It would have been so much safer just to condemn violence overall, not take any side and say what he really is concentrating on at the moment is the issues citizens of the UK are facing.
The BBC putting out an article about a councillor from Stroud is bizarre. Who cares what one unknown councillor thinks. Where’s the article with my opinion? Or my cousin’s barbers opinion?
I miss when BBC news was unopinionated and just stated facts
I’m sure a random councillor quiting will really impact labour policy when they’re eying their first general election win in 14 years…
He is treating this just like everything else – by hedging.
It is objectively true that collective punishment is illegal. A fact he should absolutely know from his career history.
Instead, he says Hamas bad, Israel has the right to defend itself. Repeatedly, while he is reminded that collective punishment is illegal.
In denying this, it could easily be said that he is condoning war crimes. The Councillor did nothing wrong.
***THIS IS MAJOR NEWS. NOT A STROUD COUNCILLOR, ANYTHING BUT A STROUD COUNCILLOR. ALL IS LOST!***
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Corbyn made it impossible to say anything else.
But the truth is the only person who has any hope of holding Isreal back is biden.
Starmer could go full tankie and it would only benefit the tories and not save a single palistinian life
What that article fails to point out is that Starmer said that Israel “has a right to defend herself”, he did not say that Israel has a right to cut off power and water to Palestinians, despite Ferrari trying to get him to say exactly that. At no point did he make remarks “supporting war crimes against Palestinian people”. Nice work, BBC, fair and balanced as always.
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It would have been so much safer just to condemn violence overall, not take any side and say what he really is concentrating on at the moment is the issues citizens of the UK are facing.
The BBC putting out an article about a councillor from Stroud is bizarre. Who cares what one unknown councillor thinks. Where’s the article with my opinion? Or my cousin’s barbers opinion?
I miss when BBC news was unopinionated and just stated facts
I’m sure a random councillor quiting will really impact labour policy when they’re eying their first general election win in 14 years…
He is treating this just like everything else – by hedging.
It is objectively true that collective punishment is illegal. A fact he should absolutely know from his career history.
Instead, he says Hamas bad, Israel has the right to defend itself. Repeatedly, while he is reminded that collective punishment is illegal.
In denying this, it could easily be said that he is condoning war crimes. The Councillor did nothing wrong.
***THIS IS MAJOR NEWS. NOT A STROUD COUNCILLOR, ANYTHING BUT A STROUD COUNCILLOR. ALL IS LOST!***
–
Corbyn made it impossible to say anything else.
But the truth is the only person who has any hope of holding Isreal back is biden.
Starmer could go full tankie and it would only benefit the tories and not save a single palistinian life
What that article fails to point out is that Starmer said that Israel “has a right to defend herself”, he did not say that Israel has a right to cut off power and water to Palestinians, despite Ferrari trying to get him to say exactly that. At no point did he make remarks “supporting war crimes against Palestinian people”. Nice work, BBC, fair and balanced as always.