SIR Keir Starmer denied he ever backed Israel withholding humanitarian aid from Gaza as he sought to clarify his remarks about the siege after…
SIR Keir Starmer denied he ever backed Israel withholding humanitarian aid from Gaza as he sought to clarify his remarks about the siege after sparking concern.leader said that food, fuel, water and medicines must urgently be allowed to pass into the territory as he acknowledged his earlier remarks caused “distress”.
But after days of backlash, Starmer argued on Friday that he had intended to say that Israel has the right to defend itself and retrieve the around 200 hostages being held – “within international law”. “I was saying that Israel has the right to self-defence, and when I said that right I meant it was that right to self-defence. I was not saying that Israel had the right to cut off water, food, fuel or medicines.
Protesters gathered outside the Labour headquarters in south-east London on Friday morning to demand the party change its position on the Israel-Hamas war. “I noticed various party hierarchy are now trying to walk back on that and say actually he was answering a previous question.
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