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To Britain's next prime minister: Don't turn your back on the Jewish people

On September 21, 2025, Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister, recognized a Palestinian state. We don't know what the borders are, but he recognized the state of Palestine, wanting to keep the two-state solution alive.

Meanwhile, Keir Starmer was rewarding terror.

Between 64% and 73% of West Bank Palestinians supported the October 7 attack. Meanwhile, in Gaza, a December 2023 survey found that 52% of Gazans agreed with the October 7 attack.

The statistics are shocking. How can you give a state to a people who want to kill?

Even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Keir Starmer of siding with Hamas, and that was before Starmer recognized a Palestinian state.

Today, Keir Starmer is gone as Prime Minister. He didn't even make it to two years in office. Someone else will now take his place.

The strong possibility is the King of the North, Andy Burnham.

My advice to Andy Burnham, or whoever becomes the next Prime Minister, is: don't turn your back on the Jewish people.

There has been a huge increase in antisemitic attacks during Keir Starmer's premiership. The Jewish people need to feel safe on the streets.

There was the shooting outside the synagogue in Manchester, the Golders Green stabbing, chants of "Death to the IDF" at Glastonbury, and pro-Palestinian marches on the streets of London every single week. UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has called some of these marches "hate marches," and yet they still go on, bringing fear into the Jewish community.

Some people have even demonstrated outside synagogues, as though the people inside are responsible for the killing of Palestinians.

Jews have been called baby killers.

So whoever becomes Prime Minister next, whether it is Andy Burnham or someone else, needs to do better.

Like what God likes. The Jews are the apple of God's eye, and they need to feel safe on the streets of the UK.

So Andy Burnham needs to stand with the Jewish people. Stop the hate marches. Bring the full force of the law against those who spout hatred.

Bob Vylan, who led the chant of "Death to the IDF," was never charged for his hate-filled rant. This should not be.

I can guarantee that if he had chanted anti-Islam rhetoric, he would have been charged.

Andy Burnham has identified himself as a friend of Israel, citing the need for a safe homeland for the Jewish people.

Proverbs 17:17 says:

"A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity." (NKJV)

Andy, if you are a friend to the Jewish people, you can make a difference as they go through their time of adversity.

We don't want to see Jews living in fear on the streets, hiding their Jewish identity and looking over their shoulders to see who is next to them.

Andy, you (or the next Prime Minister, if it is not you) can do something. Ban the marches and stop the hate. Maybe you were born for such a time as this.

Paul is a Christian journalist based in the Middle East.

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