Member of parliament says UK newspapers ‘complicit’ in Gaza genocide
Independent UK member of parliament Zarah Sultana has criticised British newspaper coverage of Gaza, including the lack of media attention on a fire after an Israeli attack that killed 36 people in a school-turned-shelter for forcibly displaced Palestinian families.
“This photo should be on the front page of every major British newspaper,” Sultana said in a post on X.
“It won’t be,” she added, “because, like the political class, they’re complicit. It’s their genocide too.”
This photo should be on the front page of every major British newspaper.
But it won’t be — because, like the political class, they’re complicit.
It’s their genocide too. pic.twitter.com/7FhJgDnVQs
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) May 26, 2025
Seven-year old girl survives fiery Israeli attack on Gaza shelter
Seven-year-old Ward Sheikh Khalil was one of the only survivors of Israel’s bombing of the Fahmi al-Jarjawi school in Gaza City last night. Her mother and six of her siblings were among those killed.
“The missile hit us, and the school caught fire. My family was killed,” Ward said after the attack.
Ward sits with her uncle, Iyad Al Shiek Khalil, after the attack
Push to continue shadowy Gaza aid effort continues, despite displacement fears
The Washington Post is now reporting that goods to a particular distribution site near the Philadelphi corridor – on the border between Egypt and Gaza – were transported to one of their distribution hubs guarded by private US armed mercenaries, and a small amount of aid was dispersed.
That’s actually quite significant.
From what we can tell, this is a very shadowy group, and we know it’s bankrolled by business people. It claims to have $100bn of funding from somewhere in the European Union – no one’s owning up.
But they have their distribution points; from what we can tell, they have four distribution points. Three of them are in the South. One of them is in central Gaza, near the Netzarim Corridor.
The majority of the population of Gaza is in the north and central Gaza. So, therefore, in order to reach these points in the south, people from Gaza have to walk through Israeli controlled territory and then end up displaced in the south.
These distribution points happen to be exactly the same areas where Benjamin Netanyahu has been very clear he wants to ethnically cleanse the people of north and central Gaza to. Which is perhaps one of the reasons why, it’s thought, Jake Wood, the head of the organisation, a former American Marine, experienced in development work, resigned on Sunday, after lasting about two months. We’re also hearing the chief operating officer resigned as well on Sunday
So this aid effort has been completely discredited by the people who are overseeing it. But, clearly, whoever’s behind it is still pushing ahead.
