Wes Streeting
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And people will say that people will say that.
But I just say, you know, and whether it's on you can and you can look back.
look back over the last 11 years during my time as a member of parliament, look at what I've said on the floor of the House of Commons.
Yes, I have always been a supporter of Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
I do not believe that in order to be pro-Palestinian, you have to look the other way at Hamas's evil and vindictive actions, not just on October the 7th, but more broadly, or Hezbollah firing rockets at civilians or Iranian malevolence.
So,
Yeah, I'm absolutely robust on those issues.
And I have been and have always been a friend of Israel, Israel's right to exist, to defend itself, and of my progressive friends in Israel who want to see a two-state solution.
But I've also been consistent about Palestinian human rights.
I've called for sanctions against Israeli settlements as a Labour backbencher donkeys years ago.
The arguments I've been making in this campaign around a wealth tax that works and capital gains tax...
And I'll just point you back to what I said when I was last a backbencher.
I'm sure everyone's got their well-thumbed copy at home.
No, look back at my Fabian Society pamphlet.
Look, and honestly, if people have any doubt,
And this will really set the online conspiracy theorists off because they all think the Fabian society controls the world.
I mean, we're a bunch of tote bag kind of wearing sandal wearing liberal lefties.
But go on the Fabian society website.
Look at my pamphlet.
Let us face the future again.