UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

I joined the Middle East Insights videocast of Dr. Shubhda Chaudhary to examine British foreign policy in the Middle East amid the context of the Israel-Gaza mass killings, possible Israel-Iran confrontation, and regional tensions.

First, given the timing of the recording, we had to work through the political and social dynamics of the recent far-right riots in the UK, spurred not only by activists but also by politicians and some national TV channels.

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Then we discuss the change in the Labour Party, now in power, of Prime Minister Keir Starmer after its decline under Jeremy Corbyn; the status of the UK’s arms sales to Israel and others in the region; and — in a contrast with the Irish Government — Labour’s position on Gaza and specifically recognition of the State of Palestine.