A new consensus has emerged in British politics: peaceful protesters are dangerous, hateful extremists, but apologists for the mass slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians are mainstream, respectable moderates.
But Keir Starmer would not accept the SNP motion. Why? Because it referred to Israel's collective punishment of people in Gaza in response to the 7 October Hamas atrocities. That wording acknowledges the commission of a war crime—collective punishment—which would logically demand action from the British state, such as an arms embargo and sanctions on Israel.
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