Labour Purges Jewish Politician... Because He Backed Gaza Ceasefire
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Owen Jones
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🗓️ 29 February 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Since Israel's onslaught against Gaza began, |
| 0:02.8 | Kistama's Labour Party has supported the position of the Conservative government |
| 0:07.1 | as it has allowed Israel to get away with murder. |
| 0:10.2 | When predominantly Muslim Council has resigned, a party source boasted that they were shaking off the fleas. |
| 0:16.0 | Shadow ministers who oppose a slaughter have been sacked or resigned and even been threatened with being purged altogether. |
| 0:22.0 | Not an empty threat. |
| 0:23.8 | Two Labour MPs have had the boot, one for calling for peaceful coexistence between Israelis |
| 0:28.4 | and Palestinians, the other for describing Gaza as a genocide on the day the highest court on earth |
| 0:34.5 | put Israel on trial for alleged genocide. It gets worse. I'm now going to speak to |
| 0:39.5 | Martin Abrams. He's a Labour councillor. Well that's how he's elected. He's Jewish. He's been a family friend since the 1990s. |
| 0:46.8 | He's a lovely bloke who's far more principled than the dead behind the eyes West Wing |
| 0:50.9 | Warabees who now treat the Labour Party as a personal career ladder. |
| 0:55.7 | He's just been given the boot by his local Labour Council group in Lambeth London, so he's been |
| 1:01.2 | given indefinite suspension along with disciplinary action against three |
| 1:06.7 | other councillors, one of whom is a black councillor of the Windrush generation. Why? Because they voted for a ceasefire. I start by |
| 1:16.8 | asking Martin about his family background and how he got involved in politics. |
| 1:20.6 | Hi Erin so and good evening to all your viewers. |
| 1:24.3 | So I was brought up in a very political, very labour, Jewish family in Taineside in East Manchester and actually what are my first memories was going on a minor strike |
| 1:38.2 | march with with my mom and dad so you know the labor movement and the labor party has been in my |
| 1:46.9 | blood for the best part of four decades and you know I've got parents that have been committed members of the Labour Party for the best part of 45 years, |
| 1:56.0 | I've been Labour Party activists for all that time, campaigning for Tom Pendry MP and you know I'll never forget the the |
| 2:07.8 | look on my mom and dad's face following the crushing election feat in 1992 |
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