On a day in which there was joy and celebration in Israel and accolades for President Donald Trump and his entourage, I read and then tearfully reread Nesrine Malik’s percipient analysis of the culpability of our government and many others for prolonging the suffering of innocent Palestinian people (While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland, 13 October).
The UK’s continued sale of arms to Israel, its criminalisation of those silently demonstrating in support of Palestinians and Keir Starmer’s lack of moral courage in failing to speak out against Israel’s genocidal war will remain a stain on this government’s reputation and this country for decades to come.
