In a moment that exposed the flimsy nature of the government narrative, Keir Starmer’s government suffered a resounding blow from the UK Supreme Court after it struck down the decision to ban the activist group Pal Action and ruled it unlawful. This was not a mere procedural detail; it was a clear political indictment of a path that chose to criminalise the act of standing by and defending a victim. That same path chose also to shield the aggressor and oppressor.

This is not a matter of competing narratives or conflicting claims. What is happening in Gaza is a crime of genocide, plain and simple. Palestinian blood is not and cannot be considered a matter of opinion, and those who have colluded in spilling that blood through support, arms supplies or political cover, are complicit in the crime. Yet the government attempted to obscure this behind cold terminology and carefully orchestrated statements.

Starmer’s government did not hesitate to pursue young activists who entered factories and facilities implicated in supporting Israel’s war machine, including sites linked to military supply chains and British aerial capabilities. They were treated as threats to national security, while the real threat was, and remains, the continued flow of weapons, funds and intelligence to a state carrying out mass........

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