ANOTHER group of Labour councillors have left the party in revulsion at the failure of the Keir Starmer leadership to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

It is difficult to understand the mindset of Labour politicians who refuse to join the vast bulk of British people who want the killing to stop. It is even more difficult to comprehend the moral universe of those Israeli political and military leaders whose words and deeds deal a fatal blow to whatever moral standing the state of Israel once had.

For half a century and more, the Israeli military, intelligence and political leadership — not only the right-wing bloc but the various forces of the opposition now in a “unity” government with the extreme right wing — have engaged in an open conspiracy to undermine a two-state solution to the conflict.