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Herzog's UK visit should lead straight to The Hague
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>The <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">UK</a> Labour <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmzgjywr8wo" target="_blank">reshuffle last week</a> was supposed to be a reset; a recognition and acknowledgment from party leadership that things needed to change. </p>
<p>The first, and perhaps biggest, test of whether leaders have learned the lessons of the past year will be the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/pro-palestine-activists-call-for-arrest-israeli-president-isaac-herzog-during-uk-visit" target="_blank">expected visit</a> of <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> President Isaac Herzog to the UK this week.</p>
<p>Nothing has ripped the Labour Party apart, from the inside out, like our policy and positioning on <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza</a> over the past two years. </p>
<p>Voters have abandoned us, communities have been enraged by the statements made and actions taken (or more accurately, not taken), and our own members of parliament are increasingly angry and exasperated.</p>
<p>To now roll out the red carpet for Herzog, giving him access to our most senior ministers, would be a cast-iron signal that nothing has changed, no lessons have been learned, and no one has been listened to.</p>
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