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Action Alert: Call on Labour to deselect Israel lobbyist Luke Akehurst as Labour candidate for North Durham

Friday June 07 2024

Luke Akehurst has been selected by Keir Starmer as a Labour candidate to contest the seat of North Durham in the upcoming general election. Akehurst has a long record of Israeli war crimes denialism and there is abundant evidence that he acts as a lobbyist for Israeli state interests and has connections with the Israeli state.

Akehurst describes himself as Zionist and has worked to publicly water down Israel’s war crimes. Even as UN officials have said Israel is committing genocide, Akehurst claims Israel’s operations are proportionate. He has also been accused of propagating antisemitism toward Jewish people who are critical of Israel and has tried to shut down support for Palestine.

We call on people to write to the Labour party to deselect Luke Akehurst for candidacy for North Durham.

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ACT NOW by following this step-by-step guide:

Step 1: Go to https://labour.org.uk/resources/making-a-complaint/

Step 2: Input your contact details.

Step 3: Scroll down to ‘who is this complaint about?’. Select ‘A Parliamentary Candidate’.

Step 4: Under ‘Name of person you are complaining about’, type ‘Luke Akehurst’.

Step 5: Under ‘In what UK region is the person you are complaining about?’, select ‘North East’.

Step 6: Scroll down to ‘what kind of complaint(s) do you have?’, select ‘Antisemitism’, ‘Racism’ and ‘Other’. Under ‘Other complaint’, type ‘supporting war crimes’.

Step 7: Under ‘Please describe your complaint(s)’, Enter the following:

‘Luke Akehurst’s selection as Labour candidate for North Durham is deeply concerning given his long record of Israeli war crimes denialism and the abundance of evidence that he acts as a lobbyist for Israeli state interests and has connections with the Israeli state. Akehurst has openly described himself as Zionist and publicly watered down Israel’s war crimes, calling Israel’s operations proportionate. He has also been accused of propagating antisemitism toward Jewish people who are critical of Israel. An individual who denies such human rights violation and supports war crimes should not be representing Labour and should certainly not be given a seat in parliament. The Labour party need to take the correct and moral course of action and deselect Luke Akehurst for candidacy for North Durham.’

Step 8: Scroll down and click ‘Submit’.

Luke Akehurst’s selection as Labour candidate for North Durham is deeply concerning given his long record of Israeli war crimes denialism and the abundance of evidence that he acts as a lobbyist for Israeli state interests and has connections with the Israeli state. Akehurst has openly described himself as Zionist and publicly watered down Israel’s war crimes, calling Israel’s operations proportionate. He has also been accused of propagating antisemitism toward Jewish people who are critical of Israel. An individual who denies such human rights violation and supports war crimes should not be representing Labour and should certainly not be given a seat in parliament. The Labour party need to take the correct and moral course of action and deselect Luke Akehurst for candidacy for North Durham.

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