Sunday, May 17, 2026

Labour Party scandal shows how support for Israel is plummeting on both sides of the Atlantic

from Mondoweiss

The news from Britain is that Keir Starmer’s tenure as prime minister is in jeopardy following Labour losses in recent local elections. He took a big hit when Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned Thursday so as to challenge Starmer for party leadership.  

What’s not in the headlines is that in private texts, Streeting has called for sanctions against Israel as a “pariah” state committing “war crimes.” 

In texts that he was forced to release earlier this year in an Epstein-related scandal, Streeting cited Israel’s “calculated brutality against women and children” and wrote: “This is rogue state behaviour. Let them pay the price as pariahs with sanctions applied to the state.”...

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