A motion calling for the proscription of Israel’s national military, the Israel Defence Force (IDF), has been overwhelmingly backed by members of the Green Party of England and Wales. If proscribed, the IDF would join a list of 84 terrorist groups proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000. The UK Government website defines terrorism as the use or threat of action which involves serious violence against people or property or creates a serious risk to the safety of the public. Proscription of the IDF would make it a criminal offense to be a member of or support the organisation.
Perhaps it is beneficial to consider the history of the IDF in order to determine its relation to terrorism. The Israel Defence Force was established alongside the declaration of an independent Israel in 1948, with three Jewish militias forming the army. The Zionist interest of the newly founded state of Israel was realised immediately through its army.
Multiple massacres carried out in 1948 caused the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians. For the IDF, the completion of a ‘successful mission’ hinged upon an effort to increase the number of enemy casualties at all costs.
Despite bestowing upon themselves the oxymoronic branding of ‘the most moral army’, the IDF’s continued violence in Palestine proves the relentlessness of their brutal aims. Over the last two years, the IDF has killed or injured a minimum of 10 percent of the Palestinian population, with 1 child killed every hour and over 20,000 civilians killed or injured trying to access aid. The International Association of Genocide Scholars has stated that Israel’s actions meet the legal definition of genocide, as laid out by the UN. It is clear that the actions of the IDF have posed more than ‘a risk to the health or safety of the public’.
The Green Party’s call for proscription is refreshingly direct in comparison to the Labour government’s complicity in the Palestinian genocide. Polanski’s direct condemnation of the IDF poses a stark contrast to Starmer’s eagerness to export nearly £1 million worth of UK munitions to Israel this year. The Greens’ condemnation of Israel has played a large role in the party’s surge in popularity, with a recent poll showing a majority of Britons view the Israeli violence in Gaza as unjustified. Having a prominent politician speak out so clearly against the IDF creates a hopeful vision for the future, in which a Green government could end British ties with Israel.
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The Green Party calls to proscribe the IDF
A motion calling for the proscription of Israel’s national military, the Israel Defence Force (IDF), has been overwhelmingly backed by members of the Green Party of England and Wales. If proscribed, the IDF would join a list of 84 terrorist groups proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000. The UK Government website defines terrorism as the use or threat of action which involves serious violence against people or property or creates a serious risk to the safety of the public. Proscription of the IDF would make it a criminal offense to be a member of or support the organisation.
Perhaps it is beneficial to consider the history of the IDF in order to determine its relation to terrorism. The Israel Defence Force was established alongside the declaration of an independent Israel in 1948, with three Jewish militias forming the army. The Zionist interest of the newly founded state of Israel was realised immediately through its army.
Multiple massacres carried out in 1948 caused the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians. For the IDF, the completion of a ‘successful mission’ hinged upon an effort to increase the number of enemy casualties at all costs.
Despite bestowing upon themselves the oxymoronic branding of ‘the most moral army’, the IDF’s continued violence in Palestine proves the relentlessness of their brutal aims. Over the last two years, the IDF has killed or injured a minimum of 10 percent of the Palestinian population, with 1 child killed every hour and over 20,000 civilians killed or injured trying to access aid. The International Association of Genocide Scholars has stated that Israel’s actions meet the legal definition of genocide, as laid out by the UN. It is clear that the actions of the IDF have posed more than ‘a risk to the health or safety of the public’.
The Green Party’s call for proscription is refreshingly direct in comparison to the Labour government’s complicity in the Palestinian genocide. Polanski’s direct condemnation of the IDF poses a stark contrast to Starmer’s eagerness to export nearly £1 million worth of UK munitions to Israel this year. The Greens’ condemnation of Israel has played a large role in the party’s surge in popularity, with a recent poll showing a majority of Britons view the Israeli violence in Gaza as unjustified. Having a prominent politician speak out so clearly against the IDF creates a hopeful vision for the future, in which a Green government could end British ties with Israel.
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