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Labour branded ‘cowards’ for its ‘unconditional’ support of Israel's war with Hamas
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, October 8, 2023

PRO-PALESTINE activists branded Labour “cowards” today as they condemned Sir Keir Starmer’s “unconditional” support for Israel’s war with Hamas at a protest outside the party’s conference in Liverpool.

They blasted the Labour leader for saying there was “no justification” for the militant group’s surprise attack on Israel, which has killed hundreds on both sides after Israel responded with air strikes on Gaza.

The group from Palestine Action and Fight Racism, Fight Imperialism were supported by pedestrians and tooting motorists as they marched on the conference hall today morning from Liverpool’s Queen Victoria Monument.

“If violence is to end, both that of the oppressor and the oppressed, then action must be taken to end the root cause — Israel’s continuing violent imposition of a system of oppression.”

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