Jeremy Corbyn and Britain’s largest political party stand strong with Palestine at annual Liverpool conference
As
soon the conference began, one thing was clear: Palestine was going
to have a significant place in the discussions and resolutions. What
was also clear was that there is a segment within the U.K. Labour
Party that is deeply Zionist, opposes Corbyn, and works within the
party to undermine him.
by
Miko Peled
The
2018 U.K. Labour conference held in Liverpool, September 23-26, will
be remembered as a turning point in U.K. relations to the Palestinian
issue. Britain, which is rightfully accused for its role in promoting
the Zionist takeover of Palestine, now seems prepared to make amends.
In his final speech, on the final day of the conference and following
many events and votes on the Palestine issue, Labour Leader Jeremy
Corbyn made it clear that a Labour government led by him would hold
Israel responsible for its human-rights violations, killing of
unarmed protesters, and detention of children. Labour also made it
clear it is ready to review the sales of British-made arms to Israel.
All of this was achieved in spite of the fact that elements within
the Labour Party have been striving to undermine Corbyn’s
leadership.
Part
2 - Struggle within U.K. Labour Party
As soon
the conference began, one thing was clear: Palestine was going to
have a significant place in the discussions and resolutions. What was
also clear was that there is still a segment within the U.K. Labour
Party that is deeply Zionist, opposes Corbyn, and works within the
party to undermine him.
In fact,
an entire anti-Semitism and holocaust denying campaign against Corbyn
was fabricated by Zionist groups.
One
meeting I had was with Ben Bradshaw, MP from Exeter, whose record
includes supporting the war on Iraq and opposing Jeremy Corbyn as
leader. Bradshaw told me that BDS was too extreme, that we must not
compare Israel to apartheid South Africa and that “you cannot
impose a single state with an Arab majority on Israel.” He went
on to insist that “it will never happen.”
Having
been wrong twice already on major issues, it is not surprising
Bradshaw is wrong again.
It was
Israel that had imposed a single state on Palestine and declared it
to be exclusive, not the other way around. An Arab majority was
inevitable because Palestinians, who love large families, have more
children that Israeli Jews. When I asked him which of the three
demands of the BDS [boycott, divestment and sanctions] call he did
not agree with — the right of return, ending the occupation of
1967, or the demand for equal rights — he admitted he agreed with
all of them. “But” he said, “BDS is too extremist and
unbalanced because it doesn’t guarantee Israel’s security.”
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