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Labour minister exposed for stance on Israel World Cup ban

Steve Reed (secretary of state for housing, communities and local government) has spoken out on a proposed World Cup ban for Israel. Unfortunately for Reed, his stance on the matter was quickly exposed as hypocritical, with one key critic being 2022-era Steve Reed:


They’re staying home

As reported by Sky News:

UEFA – along with world body FIFA – is facing growing calls to suspend Israel’s national teams and club sides from international competitions.

A group of United Nations advisory experts says sporting sanctions are now needed after a UN commission of inquiry said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

The UN’s verdict of genocide is having ramifications for countries and organisations around the world. The UK has not formally accepted the verdict of genocide, and neither has America, which is why we’re seeing the following:


Oh dear.

This is even more embarrassing than when America invented a hand sport and called it ‘football’.

Another Labour hypocrite

People criticised Reed for his response to the proposed ban:


Reed embarrassed himself on other fronts too:


The Canary and our friends at Double Down News and Declassified UK have long reported on the scandals linked to Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney. This story is now threatening to bring down the government:


Watch what happened when they asked Reed about his links to McSweeney:

Saul Staniforth commented on those links here:

A conman, a hypocrite, and a coward walk into a bar – ‘Hello, Steve Reed MP‘ says the barman.

BDS – but not for Israel in the World Cup?

At the same time that the world is looking to ban the Israeli football team, other countries are working to rid Eurovision of the taint of genocide:


Among them are the SNP’s Angus Robertson:

The American century of humiliation

Parallel to this story, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson is claiming Benjamin Netanyahu told other Middle Eastern leaders he controls Trump:


Carlson is not a trustworthy news source, but he does speak for a growing movement of American right wingers who want to sever ties with Israel. The reason why this movement is growing is clear; it’s because the idea that Israel controls America is easier to sell than the idea that successive US presidents have simply enjoyed being humiliated by a supposed client state.


This movement on the right is dangerous because many of these people are genuinely and openly antisemitic. Politicians who bend over backwards to defend Israel’s honour in the middle of an ongoing genocide are only pushing more people towards the conspiratorial fringes. Hardly surprising from Reed given his links to the Labour right movement which ‘weaponised’ antisemitism to attack their enemies.

Featured image via Sky News

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.