Vote comes after THREE unanimous CLP votes demanding party calls for ceasefire
The Abbey Wood Labour party in Thamesmead and Erith has passed a motion condemning Keir Starmer’s support for Israel’s war crimes – and demanding that the party respect the International Court of Justice’s ruling against Israel.
The motion reads:
ABBEY WOOD BRANCH MOTION
This branch/constituency notes the interim report of the the International Court of Justice, that there is plausible evidence that Israel is committing genocidal acts.
Considering this countries like the U.S and the UK, are complicit by virtue of the fact that they are supplying Israel with the weapons and military intelligence, that makes this possible.
It is blatantly obvious that the Tory government is guilty of supporting, and continues to support, despite the ICJ interim decision, Israel’s heinous crimes.
The leadership of the Labour Party has adopted an unacceptable position in relation to this issue, supporting the government and therefore Israel.
In view of the ICJ interim decision, and the fact that Labour are likely to form a new government later this year, we call on the leadership of the Labour Party:
- To recognize the implications of the ICJ’s interim report, condemn Israel’s war crimes and support the call for an immediate ceasefire.
- If elected, to commit to halting all UK weapons sales to Israel .
(If this motion is passed to be conveyed to the all NEC members)
The latest motion comes hot on the heels of a meeting by the constituency-wide party that voted unanimously to support three separate motions demanding that the party support a ceasefire in Gaza.
Labour is losing ground rapidly in nearby East London because of Starmer’s enthusiasm for Israel’s genocide and the regime’s anti-democratic manoeuvres.
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What’s the point when a handful of Fascists can take over your democracy
There are NO consequences unless the CLP’s walk away from the party and put up an Independent candidate in the GE
Apparently the govt signed a military agreement with Israel in 2020? A D notice was issued to the media? Starmer would presumably be privy to the details and supportive of them. In this case Starmers stance towards helping Israel to eradicate the Palestinians won’t change in govt even if he lies now? Does anyone know more about this?
And proof that starmer is totally and knowingly complicit in genocide.
And will keef listen?
Will he shite. To them, you don’t matter. You have nowhere else to go. Hell, there’s a lot of you are still party members subsidising this shit.
Don’t bother making demands because you’ll get NOWHERE. They’re NOT listening and they’re NOT interested.
F**k them off entirely. Give them the exact same NOTHING (bar contempt) as they give you.
The Labour Party has crossed the threshold and is now beholden to careerists who, with both eyes firmly planted on the gravy train and the possibilities of having their own seat on it, have thrown their lot in with our corrupt Establishment.
In the meantime, bubbling away on the back of the stove are all the problems that austerity breeds, with the society pressures having no political safety valve to release them.
That same corrupt Establishment responds in the only way it knows; the imposition of authoritarian laws , based in brainless culture war rhetoric, which will only worsen matters.
All in all, the handcart to hell awaits.
I’ll wager it says “Uber”on the sides.
Looks like Andrew Feinstein was the OCISA nomation to challenge keef I Holborn & St Pancras.
Go get ‘im, Andrew 👍