{"id":209279,"date":"2026-07-16T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/209279\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:33:17","slug":"tableau-vivant-displayed-at-uk-israel-roadmap-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/209279\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tableau vivant\u2019 displayed at UK-Israel \u2018roadmap\u2019 protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A protest outside Guildhall unveiled a \u2018tableau vivant\u2019 to illustrate a little-known partnership with Israel signed by the UK during Rishi Sunak\u2019s tenure as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the tableau is to call for the repudiation of the \u20182030 Roadmap for Britain-Israel bilateral relations\u2019, an agreement signed by the Sunak government in March 2023 which, say the organisers of the protest, \u201cfew people know about\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1810 1375\" alt=\"Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign tableau vivant, Guildhall, 11 July 2026. Picture: Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"MOWCXLN7IHNI4MXYESIA.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.32\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MOWCXLN7IHNI4MXYESIA.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign tableau vivant, Guildhall, 11 July 2026. Picture: Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign\"\/>Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign tableau vivant, Guildhall, 11 July 2026. Picture: Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/p>\n<p>The tableau was the showpiece at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk\/news\/multiple-cambridge-groups-at-no-more-warfare-protest-outsi-9435872\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/a>\u2019s (CPSC) stall in Market Square. Protesters urged the Labour government, soon to be under new leadership, to abandon the roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expansion of settlements is not mentioned in the agreement,\u201d said a CPSC spokesperson, \u201cnor any of the other human rights abuses was known to have been committed at that time. Instead Israel is praised as a \u2018likeminded partner\u2019 committed to \u2018democratic norms\u2019 as \u2018the mainstay for maintaining a rules-based international system and respect for universal human rights\u2019 \u2013 words which ring rather hollow in July 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 895 625\" alt=\"Gaza today\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"KEIDKSB0Q7EL4MQGTRZU.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.43\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KEIDKSB0Q7EL4MQGTRZU.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza today\"\/>Gaza today<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassers-by were interested in the visually striking display and numerous leaflets were handed out,\u201d reported one of the campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>The likely PM-in-waiting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk\/news\/lewis-hebert-why-i-will-have-high-hopes-for-andy-burnham-a-9472070\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Burnham<\/a>, this month apologised for Labour\u2019s response to Israel\u2019s military activities in Gaza, saying the party \u201cdidn\u2019t get it right\u201d and needs to \u201cdo better\u201d under his leadership. Further sanctions and a ban on the trade of goods with illegal settlements could become policy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 989 702\" alt=\"Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner. Picture: Peter Nixon\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"IWPNBS7NBB17TCOUORML.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.41\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IWPNBS7NBB17TCOUORML.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner. Picture: Peter Nixon\"\/>Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner. Picture: Peter Nixon<\/p>\n<p>Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner said: &#8220;The UK-Israel 2030 Roadmap was negotiated by the previous Conservative government in a very different context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK&#8217;s relationship with Israel, like all our international partnerships, should always be guided by international law and our commitment to achieving a just and lasting peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A protest outside Guildhall unveiled a \u2018tableau vivant\u2019 to illustrate a little-known partnership with Israel signed by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[18566,37,81],"class_list":["post-209279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-cambridge","tag-israel","tag-politics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116929207411139807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}