Ed Miliband promised a crackdown on companies involved in illegal settlements.
Companies with links to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank have won £10.7m worth of UK government contracts since Ed Miliband’s pledge to sanction businesses facilitating the settlements.
The foreign secretary said on 8 September that Andy Burnham’s government would “take action” against companies and individuals involved in settlement activities.
“To those who finance or facilitate illegal settlements, let me say this: you will face the full force of UK sanctions,” he said, adding: “Settlements are illegal.”
The vast majority were signed with Heidelberg Materials, a German-headquartered firm. It has been granted 14 UK contracts worth £10.4m since Miliband announced sanctions.
“Britain cannot credibly claim that it is imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements while letting contracts continue through the back door,” said former Labour leader and Your Party MP Jeremy Corbyn.
“The fact that public money is still going to firms that could be targeted under the government’s own sanctions regime… is outrageous and frankly insulting to the public.”
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.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.UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
