The Labour Party's Antisemitism

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Jack Stroll was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He served as Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, Leader of the Commons and Justice Secretary. Jack says he has been 'appalled' by recent example of antisemitism in his party. The British embassy to Israel is based in Tel Aviv and we have no plans to move it,. Our position on the status of Israel is clear and longstanding. It should be determined in a negotiated settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians - Jerusalem should ultimately be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states.

Many of Israel's supporters, including Donald Trump, claim Jerusalem should be recognised as the country's capital city. After all, it has been the Jewish people's spiritual capital for millennia. But will recognising Jerusalem be the death blow for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Arguing in favour of the motion "The World Should Recognise Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital" were Ehud Omert, former Israeli Prime Minister; and Natasha Hausdorff, barrister at Six Pump Court Chambers and a director of the NGO ‘UK Lawyers for Israel’. Against them were former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and leading Palestinian activist, academic and writer Ghada Karmi. The debate was chaired by Emily Maitlis, presenter of BBC Newsnight and one of the UK's best known broadcasters.

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