Stop the War coalition Newsletter 20/09/24
Posted: 20th September 2024
This week Israel proved beyond any doubt that it is a terrorist state. The indiscriminate attacks on Lebanon meet all the criteria of terrorism and demonstrate the lengths that Netanyahu is willing to go to in order to ignite a wider war in the region.
Yet despite the extreme brutality and the wider risks inherent in such an attack there has barely been a murmur of condemnation from the British or US government. Their policy of supportive silence persists. As a result, Netanyahu feels emboldened to pursue his genocidal aims and escalate his campaign of terror. He must be stopped.
David Lammy’s call last night “for an immediate ceasefire” reflects the uncertainty that these attacks have given rise to but is also timed to quell protest and debate around Israel at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool this weekend. Nonetheless, we will not be deterred.
As Stop the War Vice Chair, Chris Nineham, wrote earlier this week:
“The British government appears willing to stand by the Israeli government whatever atrocities it carries out. Apart from being morally repugnant, this is a policy that might as well be designed to encourage Israel to ever more extreme acts of violence.
As polls show, most ordinary people here have a very different attitude. The Palestine and anti-war movements need to do everything possible to deepen and broaden our campaign for a ceasefire and to stop the region careering into an all-out war. That starts on Saturday with our national demonstration at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool and then the demonstration on Sat 5th Oct, one year on from the start of the genocide.”
Do everything you can to be on the streets in Liverpool and if you can’t make it then start making plans to join us in London on 5thOctober.
Flyers are available from the Stop the War office if you want to help promote the demo in your local area. If you can help us by flyering or volunteering on the day, just hit the button below…
This Sun: Labour Conference – Stop the War Fringe Meeting
There can be little doubt that we need a change in foreign policy. Britain is deeply implicated in two terrible wars. Despite suspending some arms sales, the government continues to stand by Israel as it pursues its genocide in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Britain is at the forefront of escalating the conflict in Ukraine even when it is clear to all that there can be no winners. As well as prolonging appalling carnage, these policies cost us all. Every pound spent arming Israel and Ukraine is a pound not spent on crumbling schools or hospitals, on social care or public sector wages.
Come along to this crucial meeting during the Labour Party Conference to discuss the serial crises we are enabling, the kind of foreign policy we need and how we can make it happen.