A number of Labour MPs have backed calls for Sir Keir Starmer to hold a Chilcot-style inquiry into the UK’s role in the Gaza war.
Thirty-seven MPs, including 10 from Labour, have signed a letter to the prime minister by Jeremy Corbyn, who has demanded a “comprehensive inquiry with legal power to establish the truth”.
Among the signatories are Labour MPs Brian Leishman and Steve Witherden, who were both elected last July, and those on the left including Diane Abbott, Zarah Sultana and Nadia Whittome.
It has also gained the support of MPs in the SNP, Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein and members of the House of Lords.
Support for the letter, seen by Sky News, risks reigniting internal Labour divisions over Gaza, just as Israel faces accusations of “control and censorship” for denying entry and then deporting two of MPs who had travelled there with a parliamentary delegation.
Israel said it refused entry to Labour’s Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang because it believed they were there to “provoke anti-Israel activities” and spread “anti-Israel hatred”.
The two MPs, who said they were visiting humanitarian aid projects in the West Bank, have received the support of Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who said the decision was “unacceptable” and no way to treat British parliamentarians”.
Israel is also facing questions over the deaths of 15 emergency workers who were killed near the southern city of Rafah on 23 March and then buried in a “mass grave”, according to Jonathan Whittall, the head of the UN’s humanitarian affairs office.
A preliminary inquiry by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has found that the troops…
