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  • Gaza three years on: ‘a grim milestone’

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     Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza City, October 6, 2026

    Israelis and Palestinians to mark three years since October 7 Hamas attack and beginning of the Gaza genocide

    PALESTINIANS and Israelis are to mark three years since the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

    During the attack, 1,221 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

    Israel’s subsequent invasion of the Gaza Strip has killed at least 74,237 Palestinians, including more than 20,000 children, and wounded around 175,000.

    Since a so-called ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10 2025, at least 1,454 Palestinians have been killed and another 5,090 have been injured by the Israelis. Israel has also escalated ethnic cleansing across the occupied West Bank.

    Global hunger watchdog the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says more than 1.2 million people face acute hunger in Gaza.

    Stop the War convener Lindsey German told the Morning Star: “Three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza is a grim milestone.”

    But, she added, “we finally see a shift in the British government’s position — undoubtedly a victory for the Palestine movement.”

    Referring to planned protests on Saturday, Ms German said it was “the first time we have seen a truly global co-ordination of protests for Palestine — from the Netherlands to Nigeria, South Africa to South Korea, and London to Lima.”

    Independent MP for Islington North Jeremy Corbyn said: “Three years ago, we warned that Israel was embarking upon the total annihilation of the Palestinian people in Gaza. We were ignored and smeared, while the British government armed a genocide as it was live-streamed around the world.

    “Today, politicians are pretending they have always been opposed to the war crimes they supported and facilitated. Too little, too late. We have been witnessing a genocide — and Britain’s complicity can never, ever be forgotten.

    “Three years on, I’m calling for Andy Burnham to finally call Israel’s destruction of Gaza what it is: a genocide.

    “He should say: Today, as of now, I am ending all military co-operation with Israel. And he should finally heed my long-standing demand for a full, public inquiry into Britain’s continued involvement.”

    Ms German pointed out that on Ukraine, Iran and hikes in arms spending “there remains no difference between Mr Burnham and his predecessor,” adding that it was vital to “link the Palestine campaign to one against all these fundamentally wrong foreign policy priorities.”

    Mr Corbyn said: “In the near future, our history books will shame those in our government who enabled one of the greatest crimes of our time. Britain is involved in acts of genocide.”

    “Stop it, change it and shut the arms supply to Israel,” he added.

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    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
    Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.
    Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

    Andy Burnham stands with Israel

  • Anti-war campaigners slam Burnham’s arms support for Saudi Arabia

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     Supporters of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in Sanaa, Yemen, September 18, 2026

    ANTI-WAR campaigners have denounced Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s decision to back Saudi Arabia’s assault on Yemen.

    Your Party parliamentary leader Jeremy Corbyn said the move formed part of a pattern of intervention in the Middle East under Mr Burnham.

    The former Labour leader said: “Helping the US to bomb Iran. Now, helping Saudi Arabia to bomb Yemen. This is a terrible and shameful decision, which drags Britain further into conflict, deepens its complicity in Saudi war crimes and proves that no lessons have been learned whatsoever.”

    The Stop the War Coalition also criticised the move, saying that “while the Trump administration has repeatedly said it will not actively militarily aid the Saudis, Burnham promises to help them ahead of his meeting with the president.

    “The Prime Minister should be actively opposing Trump’s illegal war on Iran, not taking the UK further into Middle East conflicts.”

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    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.

  • Britain proud to be ‘showing leadership’ on Palestine, says Burnham

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     Prime Minister Andy Burnham departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend his first Prime Minister’s Questions at the Houses of Parliament, September 9, 2026

    BRITAIN is proud to be leading the way in challenging the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs today.

    Speaking in the Commons a day after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband had announced sweeping sanctions against Israeli settlements and denounced terrorist “ethnic cleansing” in Palestine, Mr Burnham said: “Britain is showing leadership. 

    “Words from any politician about a two-state solution will be only words if it’s not backed with action. And leadership is about taking action.

    “Britain has to stand for something. Britain has to show leadership. Britain has to stand for fairness against injustice.

    “Where people are being bullied out of their homes, intimidated, we will always stand with the underdog and take what action we can to support them. 

    “That is leadership on the world stage, Britain being true to what it’s always been about.”

    Mr Miliband himself, basking in broad approval for his measures from Labour MPs for both his commitment to the new policy and for assembling support from France, Canada and elsewhere for it, brushed aside overwrought criticism of the sanctions from chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who had claimed they were “a dark day for British Jews.”

    The Foreign Secretary said: “I’m a proud British Jew, and I don’t agree with the chief rabbi.

    “I believe that it must be possible to do what we did, which is to stand up for British values of the rule of law, of dignity for people, of the prevention of injustice, and do so in a way, as I did yesterday, to say to anyone in our country who holds British Jews responsible for the actions of the Israeli government, that is antisemitism, pure and simple.”

    He made it clear that British firms and potentially Israeli banks involved in the construction or financing of illegal West Bank settlements would be hit by the sanctions.

    “We are seeking to cut off the supply of the supply lines of British finance, British construction, for settlement expansion,” Mr Miliband said. 

    “This is about a clear purpose, which is to draw a line in the sand and to stop this infinite, ever-expanding settlement expansion.”

    He also shrugged off as “regrettable” counter-measures announced by the Netanyahu government, including the closing of the British consulate in Jerusalem and the banning of 11 MPs from visiting Israel.

    “I would prefer that Israel hadn’t announced what it did, but overall, I strongly believe that what we did, along with other international allies, was absolutely the right thing to do,” the Foreign Secretary said.

    The MPs sanctioned stressed it would change nothing in their attitudes and actions.

    Your Party parliamentary leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a statement: “I have visited all parts of Palestine on several occasions, where I have witnessed the horrors of occupation, as well as the resilience and humanity of the Palestinian people. 

    “They are the ones who suffer from Israel’s apartheid. 

    “Israel doesn’t want the world to see what it is doing — but we can never give up in our attempts to expose the truth. 

    “That is the real scandal. Israel’s genocide cannot go unpunished — and I will keep speaking up for peace, freedom and justice for the Palestinian people.”

    Fellow Your Party MP Zarah Sultana said: “Israel has just banned me from entering. 

    “Given that this is a fascist government presiding over genocide, apartheid and an illegal occupation, I’ll wear it as a badge of honour. 

    “I will not be intimidated into silence. I will continue to speak out against Israel’s genocide and against the UK’s complicity. If anything, this ban only strengthens my resolve to keep speaking out.”

    She added: “One day, I look forward to visiting Jerusalem not as an occupied city, but as part of a free and liberated Palestine.” 

    Bradford West MP Naz Shah called the list “rather random and, frankly, bizarre” and said she was “proud of the UK government’s actions today, taken in line with our international legal obligations.” 

    She pledged to continue to campaign for a two-state solution in Palestine. 

    Labour MPs John McDonnell, Diane Abbott and Richard Burgon were also on the list and all five Green MPs were sanctioned by Israel.

    The Green Party said: “We will not be bullied into silence by the Israeli government. 

    “We are proud of our MPs for standing up for Palestinian rights and demanding an end to British complicity in genocide and illegal occupation.

    “Banning our representatives only strengthens our resolve. The British government must stand firm and follow these overdue restrictions with a full arms embargo and wide-ranging sanctions.”

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    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel's genocide.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.