2025-05-20 19:01
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2025-05-20 19:01
The British Foreign Minister David Lammy announced on Tuesday that the United Kingdom government suspends talks about free trade with Israel, and he will call the Israeli ambassador in connection with the offensive in the Gaza Strip. In addition, London will impose sanctions on settlers on the west bank.
The minister stated that the way the war was waged by the Israeli defense forces in the Palestinian enclave “destroys the relationships of Israel with Great Britain, and the offensive is not a way to free the other hostages.
Lammy called for the interruption of the Israeli lock of the Gaza Strip, which does not allow the transport of humanitarian aid to the emerging enclave. He also condemned the “extremism” of certain factions in the Israeli government – reports Reuters. The extreme right wing of the ruling coalition insists on continuing the offensive and does not agree to let humanitarian aid to the zone.
“We cannot stand idle against such a deterioration of the situation. This is incompatible with the principles that are the basis of our relationships (with Israel). (…) To be honest, this is an Afront for the British. So I inform you today that we have suspended negotiations with the Israeli government about the new free trade agreement,” said Lammy.
London will also impose sanctions on Israeli colonists for acts of violence they commit on the west bank. “The responsibility of the Israeli government is intervening and interrupting these aggressive behavior,” the minister added.
The day before, in a joint statement Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney wrote that they would not be idly against Israel's “scandalous actions”, and if the government does not stop the offensive in the Gaza Strip and will not unlock help, they will take “specific steps” against him.
After these findings, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday in parliament that he was shocked by Israel's “military escalation” in the Gaza Strip, and said that the transport of humanitarian aid for Palestinians should be increased; He also announced that he would coordinate the steps in this matter with France and Canada. “We cannot let people in gas die of hunger,” he emphasized.
The Associated Press points out that the small transport of infants, which Israel let in on Monday to the Gaza Strip, was – according to Tom Fletcher, the head of the United Nations Office for coordination of humanitarian aid – “a drop in a sea of urgent needs.”
According to local Palestinian authorities, from the beginning of the retaliation of Israel in the autumn of 2023, over 53,000 were killed. Palestinians, and over 90 percent The buildings were partially or completely destroyed. Recently, the humanitarian disaster has gained an even more tragic dimension, when on March 2 Israel introduced a blockade of the supply of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, which was still not fully abolished.
After death, over 50,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, the patience of the West towards Israel is exhausting, and President Macron said that France should recognize Palestine's statehood. This may happen in June during a summit dedicated to a two -state solution to the Middle Eastern conflict, which will host France and Saudi Arabia – reports AP. (PAP)
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