ELNET Parliamentary Snapshot July 2025

Calls for a Gaza ceasefire intensified in Parliament, with David Lammy branding Israel’s new aid system “inhumane”, urging immediate UN-led relief. Tensions spiked over the Government’s proscription of Palestine Action, with a bloc of MPs accusing ministers of criminalising protest. In the Lords, a fierce debate on rising UK antisemitism and the Syria-Druze crisis underscored mounting regional and domestic pressures. Keir Starmer faced renewed demands to clarify Labour’s stance on Palestinian recognition.