Leicester MP says IDF has ‘blood-soaked tentacles’

"My niece’s baby is still asking, ‘Will it happen again?’,” he said. “So I ask the minister: will it happen again, and what will this government do, beyond saying empty words? When will we completely stop every single arms sale to Israel, impose economic, political and social sanctions, and use all our power to get desperately needed aid into Gaza?”

Adam was one of four pro-Gaza independent MPs to win a seat at the last election, beating Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth by 979 votes. “This is for the people of Gaza!” he declared in his acceptance speech, waving a keffiyeh in the air.

His brother, Ismail Patel, founded Friends of Al-Aqsa (FoA), a pro-Palestine campaign group which has helped to organise anti-Israel marches across Britain following the October 7 attack.

At a 2009 London rally, Patel insisted Hamas was “no terrorist organisation”, before declaring at another: “We are all Hamas!”

Adam was sat with Jeremy Corbyn and two other newly-elected pro-Gaza independent MPs (Image: Twitter)[Missing Credit]

Other MPs to speak at the parliamentary debate on Wednesday included Labour’s Emily Thornberry, who served on the Foreign Affairs Committee on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“What happened overnight illustrates a huge problem that the new Foreign Secretary will need to deal with,” she said. “The problem is this: there is an emboldened, far-right Israeli government who believe that they can do whatever they like and there will be no consequences, while on the other hand the country of Qatar is genuinely working towards peace.

“I know the Minister has met the Qatari Ministers; I have met them too,” she went on. “They could not be more sincere in the efforts they are making, yet they get bombed for their efforts.

“The question for the new Foreign Secretary is how we can make sure that we are not just bystanders but play an active role in dealing with this issue.”