Nine days after saying on LBC that “Israel has that right” to cut of water and power off to Gaza, Keir Starmer explained that this wasn't what he meant. This has caused quite a lot of damage, with 23 Labour councillors resigning and over 150 Muslim Labour Councillors now petitioning Labour’s leadership to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Could Israel and Palestine prove just as much a problem for Keir Starmer as it did for Jeremy Corbyn?

Joining Anoosh Chakelian in the studio is deputy politics editor, Rachel Wearmouth, and politics and policy correspondent, Zoë Grunëwald.

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Will Labour unity break over Israel-Hamas?

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