Starmer sells the UK while Israel burns patients alive in Gaza

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made no secret of his devotion to Israel, refusing to stop arms sales to Benjamin Netanyahu’s terrorist regime since Labour’s election victory in July despite the Zionist state’s year-long campaign of genocide in Gaza.

Then, following the escalation of its terror campaign to Lebanon in late September where Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Beirut and thousands of women and children were horrendously disfigured in a cowardly “thermal runaway” event involving devices powered by lithium-ion batteries, Starmer reiterated his support for Israel following an Iranian response to Israel’s atrocities in Lebanon.

The catastrophic series of deadly “thermal runaway” explosions were alleged to be a targeted attack on Hezbollah “pagers” that had been intercepted and rigged to explode but there was a fundamental flaw in Israel’s narrative… it wasn’t just pagers that burst into flames, widespread reports suggest the explosions occurred in all manner of devices powered by lithium-ion batteries. Thousands of devices used by mothers, doctors, lawyers, children and emergency workers all blowing up for no apparent reason, killing hundreds of people and maiming thousands more.

But no outrage from Starmer following that horrendous act of terrorism but when Iran responds by firing missiles into Israeli airspace, the UK prime minister was swift in his condemnation.

In a statement on 1 October following Iran’s retaliation to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, Starmer said Tehran had “menaced the Middle East for far too long” and called for the attacks to stop. But a year-long campaign of genocide in Gaza conducted by Israel just gets written off as self defence so no stern warnings about the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and no cessation of arms sales to Netanyahu’s regime.

Fortunately for Starmer there’s that ludicrous 7 October 2023 false-flag Israeli shaggy-dog story to cling to that has allowed it to terrorise Gaza for a year with impunity. And, even if that narrative had a semblance of truth to it, it certainly does not give Israel the right to raise Gaza to the ground and slaughter hundreds of thousands of innocent Palestinians.

But “we stand with Israel and we recognise her right to self-defence in the face of this aggression” Starmer said, completely overlooking the fact the response by Iran followed an Israeli ground offensive into Lebanon, but the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) were only carrying out “limited, localised” operations so nothing to worry about there.

Starmer continued, “Iran must stop these attacks. Together with its proxies like Hezbollah, Iran has menaced the Middle East for far too long, chaos and destruction brought not just to Israel, but to the people they live amongst in Lebanon and beyond. Make no mistake, Britain stands full square against such violence. We support Israel’s reasonable demand for the security of its people.”

Fast forward to Monday this week in northern Gaza and an Israeli airstrike on a hospital courtyard that sent flames sweeping through a packed tent camp full of people displaced by Israel’s genocidal campaign, burning patients alive at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah.

But that’s OK, the Israeli military said they were targeting militants hiding out among the civilians so it was just another act of self defence… and that’s good enough for Starmer, business as usual as he kicked off a glitzy investment summit in London where he told businesses it is a “great moment to invest in Britain” as he sought to drum up tens of billions of pounds for the economy.

In an upbeat keynote speech at the Guildhall, Starmer told the UK International Investment Summit that the economy was now “stable” after Brexit and he’d do everything in his power “to galvanise growth”.

With 38,000 jobs set to be created across the UK after a total of £63 billion of investment was pledged during the summit, the mainstream media made little of the fact many of the companies participating had direct links to Netanyahu’s terrorist Israeli regime, supplying armaments and financial support during its 12-month campaign of genocide.

Barclays Bank, hugely supportive of Israel, was a principal sponsor of the summit, paying £175,000 towards the gathering attended by more than 150 business leaders and financiers from around the world.

And what companies did the summit attract? Well Larry Fink, the CEO of US investment firm BlackRock – the world's largest asset manager – was there, as was Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Google's parent, Alphabet. Other participants included M&G Investments, Fidelity Investments, Balfour Beatty, DP World, Centrica, GlaxoSmithKline, Legal & General and BAE Systems, whose 2023 profits soared as a result of it supplying weapons to Netanyahu’s regime.

That the Labour government is more than happy to attract investment from a huge array of companies directly supporting Israel is worrying enough, but during its election campaign too it received massive support from another organisation holding shares in companies linked to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.

Quadrature Capital, owned via the Cayman Islands tax haven, donated £4m to the Labour Party shortly after July’s election was announced in May, with the party accepting the gift just days before the campaign rules – that require weekly declarations about donations – came into force, meaning it was not made public until after the election.

Quadrature’s donation was the sixth-largest donation in British political history and the largest single donation the Labour Party has ever received. Quadrature’s largest corporate shareholdings linked to Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Gaza are with Palantir Holdings, the controversial data-processing company co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, who donated US$1.25m to Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign in the US.

Palantir has been vocally supportive of Israeli military action and in January announced a “strategic partnership with the Israeli Defence Ministry to supply technology to help the country’s war effort”, agreeing to “harness Palantir’s advanced technology in support of war-related missions”.

Although the precise details of Palantir’s involvement are unknown, some have suggested the company may help with artificial intelligence used to identify military targets.

Palantir also has a close association with NHS England, being awarded a £330 million contract in November last year to create a new data management system called the Federated Data Platform (FDP).

Specialising in artificial intelligence, military and surveillance technology, and data analytics, Palantir has openly announced it is supporting the IDF assault on Gaza and signed a deal in January to increase its “advanced technology provision” to Israel in support of war-related missions. Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp has said he’s “exceedingly proud” of Palantir’s involvement in what he calls “operationally crucial operations in Israel”.

No doubt Palantir’s AI systems played a significant role in targeting the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah this week that saw patients burned alive… just the kind of caring partner NHS England needs.

I’ve not seen any confirmation of Palantir’s participation at the Guildhall on Monday but given its close association with the NHS I’d be amazed if it was not represented at the summit with UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle proclaiming data centres as “critical national infrastructure” for the nation.

"Data centres power our day-to-day lives and boost innovation in growing sectors like AI,” Kyle said. “This is why, only last month, I took steps to class UK data centres as critical national infrastructure giving the industry the ultimate reassurance the UK will always be a safe home for their investment. Today’s drumbeat of investment is a vote of confidence in Britain and our approach to work with business to deliver sustained growth for all."

Hmm, sustained growth, but at what cost? Personal information farmed out to the highest bidder and AI systems used to burn Palestinian civilians alive? Welcome to the brave new world that treats human life as a disposable asset to monetise and attract investors to the latest growth sector… and it’s all part of Starmer’s new socialist utopia. What’s next? Legislation to reintroduce the slave trade?