Starmer’s support for Palestine

Absolutely despicable comment- do you think those who perished in 9/11 deserved it?

People hate the IDF and their supporters for sniping little kids, blowing off their limbs and starving them. Nothing to do with religion, everything to do with being human and having empathy. If there is a hell, there is no worse crime than harming or making excuses for those who harm innocents. Pack your SPF, you’ve a toasty future ahead :)

God - some of the pro - Israel propaganda in here is scary.

It’s like that thread that got deleted on Mumsnet talking about how what starving looks like and how the people of Gaza couldn’t be starving as they weren’t thin enough.

Absolutely devoid of any compassion.

And Israel’s decades long blockade of Palestine has nothing to do with it?
Israels holding of hundreds maybe thousands of Palestinian prisoners without charge or grow has nothing to do with it?
Israeli annexation of the West Bank has nothing to do with it?

7th of October didn’t happen in a vacuum. There is plenty of blame to go around! On BOTH SIDES! You can argue till the flipping cows come home who is right and wrong if you want. Waste more decades, more innocent lives.
Or
You recognise that both sides have made horrendous choices. Both sides have done terrible things. And people are suffering on both sides. Needlessly! You sit the fuck down and act like decent human beings. Stop playing the victim. Stop lobbing bombs and one another and learn to live alongside one another. And part of that means recognising a Palestinian state.

I'm hoping the next step is stopping the arms. Who knows, I may actually be able to vote for Keir's Labour now.

I don't feel like either side can claim the moral high ground tbh...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74zj9kv2xjo

Halfway down this article is a picture of celebrations - https://www.thejc.com/news/features/october-7-and-the-celebrations-that-followed-on-uk-streets-stirred-our-deepest-demons-vgu97o9o

Also here in ME
www.timesofisrael.com/street-rallies-celebrate-hamas-onslaught-in-west-bank-and-throughout-the-middle-east/#:~:text=Palestinians%20throughout%20the%20West%20Bank%20took%20to%20the,dozens%20taken%20hostage%20by%20the%20Iran-backed%20terror%20group.

I don't think it matters to a lot of the Pro-Israeli herd, but it matters to me, and it should matter to everyone.

As far as I'm aware, any 'partying' was isolated small groups in the UK, at the very most. But like many things, it's gathered it's own believers irrespective of the truth.

If I'm wrong though, I'll be happy to look at press links showing the celebrations.

The prime minister was very clear about not supporting Hamas. There is nothing anti-semetic about wanting peace for both sides.

Do you think Israel is providing the aid!!

Seriously.

What are you talking about - debunked? There were hundreds of videos documenting the depraved attacks on women and children and young people at a music festival. And hundreds of videos of the celebrations when young men rang their mums to tell them how many jews they'd killed.

Are you saying none of that happened? What the hell do you think happened on October 7th then?

Does it have to be true to matter ?

I posted a rebuttal to that upthread.

This is the same BBC that used a Hamas member's son to help make a documentary about Gaza, so that strain's their credibility a bit.

If they're being starved, it's by Hamas stealing aid. There are restaurants open in Gaza. There is plenty of food getting through.

Also, in what other war would you expect one side to be providing aid to the other side? It's insane that Israel is somehow supposed to conduct a war with zero casualties, while giving truckloads of aid to the other side. I suppose you think they shouldn't defend themselves at all - just let themselves be hacked to death by genocidal maniacs?

It isnt antisemitic.

Honestly I dont know how anyone couldn't be sickened to their stomachs at the scenes coming out of Gaza. Especially considering the history of displacement and ethnic cleansing Israels ancestors experienced.

World War Two is why we have we have the institutions and agency's in place now that have have stated clearly Isreal is committing genocide in Gaza.

Just because Israel has built its self on the history and sympathy given because of those atrocious acts doesnt mean they arent capable of inflicting the exact same. Which they have and are.

I am disgusted it has taken so long for countries all around the world to call it out for what it is.

Do you have any press links of this happening please?

I think it was a good and balanced statement. I'm not usually a Starmer fan. I think it's come way too late, though.

That is not quite correct.

It was true that Hamas won the election among Palestinians in Gaza — it happened in 2006 — though that victory was not by a majority of votes. The militant group did, however, win the majority of seats in the legislature.
in 2007,
Hamas ousted the Palestinian Authority from Gaza following violent clashes with Fatah, the party founded by Yasser Arafat, and many of those elected were murdered or fled.

Well obviously. Which is why soldiers who do this get investigated and prosecuted. It’s not difficult. It’s not ‘if my side does it, it’s fine’. It’s a legal and moral certainty. Deliberately targeting civilians is always wrong.

simple googling will tell you it’s not true.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6ynz22871o.amp

additionally the IDF are using Gazan civilians as human shields:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/24/israel-investigates-use-of-palestinians-as-human-shields-by-its-forces-in-gaza

Members of the IDF are obviously not civilians.

You shouldn’t deliberately target civilians (as the IRA did) regardless of how oppressed you are. Nothing justifies it. Don’t lecture people about ‘Irish history’. The history doesn’t matter. Legally and morally it’s always wrong.

You are repeating propaganda that has already been debunked- why?
Standing with Israel after the previous two years is simply beyond the pale.