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Palestinian Youth Movement Mobilizes Nationwide Siege on Labour

Labour leaders have condemned the campaign as intimidation that threatens constituents’ access to MPs, urging police to prevent disruptions.

Palestinian Youth Movement members at a protest in London last year
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Overview

  • The Palestinian Youth Movement released an eight-page “Siege on Labour” toolkit on August 1 with instructions for sit-ins, pickets and mass actions at MPs’ offices, local party headquarters and council premises scheduled for August 4.
  • The document lists four demands including a full two-way arms embargo on Israel, an end to RAF surveillance flights over Gaza, expanded sanctions and the sacking and war-crimes prosecution of Foreign Secretary David Lammy in The Hague.
  • Labour MP Luke Akehurst and crossbench peer Lord Walney have denounced the planned siege as unacceptable intimidation that could block constituents from accessing their elected representatives.
  • The Anti-Defamation League has warned that PYM’s leadership expressed support for terrorism, including praise for the 2023 Hamas attacks, raising concerns about extremist influence in the campaign.
  • Activists aim to exploit Sir Keir Starmer’s recent conditional recognition of a Palestinian state and Jeremy Corbyn’s new splinter party to intensify internal Labour divisions and pressure the leadership.