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UK Green Party leader rails against ‘mass slaughter’ in Gaza
The new Green Party leader for England and Wales has called for the end of “mass slaughter” in Gaza as he railed against the current Labour Party’s approach to the conflict.
During a speech at the party’s conference, party leader Zack Polanski spoke fondly of his upbringing in a Jewish family from Manchester before shifting to Gaza in a passionate address that brought the audience to their feet.
“When mass slaughter is happening in Palestine, we will not be silent,” Polanski said.
“And when [British Prime Minister] Keir Starmer, in one of the most deeply cynical and morbid acts I’ve seen in my lifetime, decides to recognise a Palestinian state at the same moment that his government is an active participant in the murdering of Palestinians – then we will never be silent.”
He also called on the Labour government to withdraw the ban of the pro-Palestine group Palestine Action.
“Let it be heard across our country, a call that is now echoing around the world,” Polanski said. “We must stop selling arms to Israel, we must stop sharing intelligence, we will do everything we can to stop the genocide.”
US judge dismisses lawsuit accusing UN agency of aiding Hamas attack on Israel
A US judge dismissed a lawsuit by dozens of Israelis who accused the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees of funnelling more than $1bn that aided Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
US District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had “absolute immunity” from the lawsuit because it is a subsidiary of the United Nations, which has immunity from such lawsuits.
Torres also rejected an argument that UNRWA was merely a “specialized agency” not entitled to immunity.
She cited UN lawyers who said subsidiaries such as UNRWA that have considerable autonomy are not “completely independent” because their parent entities can change their structures or close them.
Gavriel Mairone, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said on Friday his clients plan to appeal.
