In light of Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s “harsh” words for Israel this week, we ask: Why this seeming about-turn from Labour? What makes them feel they can make such statements, call extremist settlers terrorists, and impose sanctions on these settlements?
Our job as communists is not to be impressionistic or to be overawed by so-called changes in policy, but to point out the real interests underneath.
What lies at the heart of this policy “change” is an orchestrated attempt by Labour to try and win back support from those disgusted by Starmer’s policy in the wake of October 7, while also attempting to show that British imperialism still toes the line of US foreign policy and supports the Israeli state.
When those who oppose Zionism are STILL routinely labeled antisemitic, what has really changed?
Therefore, the fight is not over for a free Palestine, so join us at the national demonstration for Palestine on October 10 in London.
