Jewish Labour MP, Gerald Kaufman gives one of the most effective speeches ever against Israeli agression in parliament last week.

The Labour MP Gerald Kaufman opposes an attack on Iran by Israel. One would hope, though, that the man could come up with a better way of doing so than rhetoric like this, from yesterday's Foreign Office Questions:"It would be...

Yesterday's "Point of Order" debate on Gaza makes interesting reading with Sir Gerald Kaufman (above, around a minute in) living up to his reputation as a very critical friend of Israel: Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton, Labour) | Hansard sourceI was brought up as an orthodox Jew and a Zionist. On a shelf in our kitchen, there was a tin box for the Jewish National Fund, into which we put co...

Sir Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP for Manchester Gorton speaking at a benefit last night to raise funds for Medical Aid for the Palestinians. The videos of his speech are expected to be Posted later at “The slaughter we have seen in Gaza is only the latest blood soaked episode of many. In Gaza they have

On Thursday 15th January in the House of Commons, Gerald Kaufman MP (Manchester, Gorton, Labour), gave an impassioned speech on the conflict in Gaza. We reproduce it in full here. A video of the debate is at the end. I was brought up as an orthodox Jew and a Zionist. On a shelf in our

Gerald Kaufman came up with some robust views in Foreign Office Questions, speaking of any attack by Israel on Iran: "It would be an attack on one of the nastiest regimes in the world by another of the nastiest regimes in the world." As you will see at the link David Miliband distanced himself from the remark. But the commentati at ConservativeHome distinguish themselves by calling Gerald "hard-le...

Labour veteran Sir Gerald Kaufman is an often-lampooned figure in the House of Commons, affectionately known by some colleagues as "Dame Gerald". In partisan exchanges between Labour and the Conservatives, he can be a dreadful old ham actor. And when he chaired the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, he often shamelessly upstaged witnesses. But his chilling and devastating speech during the...

For me, this is one of the most horrendous stories yet. mortgage-claim-MPs-expenses.html I cannot believe that a Labour stalwart like Gerald Kaufman would seriously consider claiming nearly £9k for a television. Most people wouldn't even be aware that you could buy televisions that expensive. The claim was turned down, but nonetheless, the audit committee still allowed some money to be ...

Sir Gerald Kaufman said the Israeli government was 'ruthlessly and cynically' exploiting the guilt over the Holocaust as justification for the assault on Gaza. 'My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town... a German soldier shot her dead in her bed,' he told MPs. 'My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian...

What is it with Gerald Kaufman? The long in the tooth Labour MP has been at it again. In Parliament yesterday he compared the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland. He, of course, has a history of making similar speeches, but he seems to be getting