While Palestinian civilians face starvation and bombardment, Britain and other Western powers continue to arm, fund, and shield Israel — making them complicit in Gaza’s destruction.

Bombs fall on Gaza, killing children, flattening homes, and pushing over two million people to the brink of starvation, and the United Kingdom stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel — not just under the Tories, but under Labour as well.

Let’s not mince words: Britain’s political class, across the aisle, has blood on its hands.

For more than a year – with the occasional break, Palestinian civilians have endured the merciless siege imposed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

The United Nations, aid agencies, and even Britain’s own allies in Europe warn that the blockade and military assault amount to war crimes.

Yet Westminster politicians — Conservative and Labour alike — refuse to apply meaningful pressure.

Instead, they echo the same hollow slogans about Israel’s “right to self-defence”, even as that “defence” involves mass displacement, starvation, and collective punishment.

The Tory government’s role is no surprise.

For years, Conservative leaders have courted Israeli defence firms, supplied arms, and provided diplomatic cover for Israeli aggression.

Under Rishi Sunak, Britain licensed arms sales, supplied components used in Israeli military hardware, and blocked calls for a weapons embargo, despite knowing these arms end up deployed in Gaza’s destruction.

The real scandal lies with Labour.

Under Keir Starmer, Labour has not just backed Israel’s war — it has turned on its own members, crushing pro-Palestinian dissent.

Starmer has repeatedly refused to call for a ceasefire, ignoring both international legal warnings and the anguished pleas of Labour’s own grassroots.

Councillors who sign pro-ceasefire petitions have been threatened, disciplined, or deselected.

Party members have been smeared as anti-Semitic for expressing solidarity with Gaza.

Even in Parliament, Labour MPs have been silenced or sidelined for daring to challenge the party’s leadership on this issue.

This is not principled politics; it’s cowardice wrapped in moral betrayal.

• While Palestinian children starve, Britain exports weapons.
• While Palestinians die under siege, Britain signs trade deals.
• While Palestinians march for survival, Britain arrests protesters on the streets of London.

The repression isn’t confined to Parliament.

Across the UK, ordinary people who raise their voices for Gaza face harassment, surveillance, and criminalisation.

Police forces have clamped down on pro-Palestinian demonstrations, using the language of “public order” and “extremism” to intimidate activists.

Universities warn students against staging solidarity actions.

Public broadcasters frame Palestinian protest as a threat, while platforms for Palestinian voices shrink.

This is not just foreign policy. It is domestic betrayal.

The British establishment is more terrified of angering Israeli lobbyists, defence contractors, and Washington than it is of abandoning its own democratic values.

Free speech is trampled, political activism is smeared, and the human rights cause is reduced to a partisan wedge issue — all while Palestinians pay the ultimate price.

Back when he was Foreign Secretary, David Cameron mouthed concerns about humanitarian conditions in Gaza — yet refused to back any action that would actually stop the killing.

Starmer, ever calculating, ever triangulating, has performed the same diplomatic dance, expressing vague sympathy while ensuring Labour remains a reliable backer of Israel’s war.

Neither side has had the moral courage to apply the obvious pressure: ending arms sales, supporting international accountability, and standing up for Palestinian rights on the world stage.

Why?

Because the UK, like the United States, sees Israel as a key client state, a partner in weapons development, intelligence sharing, and regional power politics.

Human rights, international law, and the suffering of civilians are secondary — mere background noise to geopolitical calculations.

And we need to remember Tony Benn’s words about foreign policy: “What politicians do abroad, they would like to do at home.”

We see echoes of exactly that philosophy in Parliament’s attitude to events in Israel and Gaza, and repression of protest here.

In the end, the UK’s complicity in Gaza is not just a matter of foreign policy failure; it’s a reflection of a broken political system, where both major parties are captured by interests that care more about military contracts and diplomatic alliances than about justice.

Until the nation faces up to this — until its people demand more from their leaders, demand accountability for the death and destruction they bankroll — Gaza’s agony will continue, and our national shame will deepen.