Peter Mandelson attacks ‘ridiculous’ calls for Starmer to back Gaza ceasefire - The Independent

The IndependentAdam Forrest
Today's progressives sneer at any desire to be proud of your nation, as a place where people can work together to challenge adversity and to flourish. And worse, they are now campaigning to deny to Jews, this fundamental right.
This Saturday's Spring Conference will discuss Motion A105/E12 which not only demands the destruction of Israel, but will also declare that anyone who disagrees with this view is a racist. No other party of the right or the left has yet adopted such an extremist view.
Russell Collins writes that a recent Green Party campaign rally in Islington should have been routine; a rousing speech from leader Zack Polanski, and then off to knock on doors. Instead, it turned into an awkward confrontation that exposed the growing problem of Jew hatred inside the party.
On Remembrance Day last year, Our Fight member Kurpa Patel was arrested for showing support for the bravery of Israel's armed forces, outside a Bob Vylan concert. Her case comes to trial on Thursday this week. Here she writes about what motivated her.