[A-List] Veteran Jewish member of the British parliament: "...total arms ban on Israel."

Leighm the.buffalo.in.the.midst at gmail.com
Fri Jan 16 07:42:50 MST 2009


A veteran Jewish member of the British parliament condemned the Israeli 
attack on Gaza, saying, "It is time for our Government to make clear to 
the Israeli government that its conduct and policies are unacceptable 
and to impose a total arms ban on Israel."

http://www.juancole.com/2009/01/moon-rebukes-israel-over-un-warehouse.html



Cole also links to the British parliamentary debate... an excerpt:

3.15pm: Sir Gerald Kaufman delivers a blistering speech which starts 
with a reference to his grandmother being killed by the Nazis. "My 
grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers to kill 
Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza," he says.

3.16pm: He says that he is a supporter of Israel. "Golda Meir [the 
former Israeli PM] was my friend," he says.

3.22pm: Hamas is a "detestable organisation", he says. "But it is 
democratically elected and it is the only game in town. The boycott of 
Hamas, including by our own government, has been a culpable error from 
which dreadful consequences have followed."




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