Britain has suspended trade talks with Israel and summoned its ambassador to London over Israel’s “intolerable” military expansion in Gaza, the foreign secretary has announced.
Speaking to the House of Commons, David Lammy criticised Israel’s “egregious actions” and accused Binyamin Netanyahu’s government of “isolating Israel from its friends and partners around the world”. He said events in Gaza were damaging Britain’s relationship with Israel.
Lammy’s comments represent Britain’s strongest condemnation of Israel since the current war with Hamas started.
David Lammy criticised Israel’s “egregious actions”
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Lammy was speaking after Sir Keir Starmer, the prime minister, President Macron of France and the Canadian leader, Mark Carney, warned about the level of human suffering in Gaza and said that Israel was at risk
