Sir Keir Starmer has contradicted President Donald Trump’s stance on Gaza, saying that Gazans “must be allowed to rebuild” as a part of a two-state answer.
The prime minister was requested in regards to the president’s shock announcement by Liberal Democrat chief Sir Ed Davey throughout Prime Minister’s Questions.
Sir Keir’s stance got here following feedback from International Secretary David Lammy who additionally distanced himself from Mr Trump.
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Mr Trump stated he wished to take away Palestinians from Gaza and switch it right into a “Riviera” of the Center East.
Talking within the Home of Commons, Sir Keir stated: “The most important issue on the ceasefire is obviously [that] it’s sustained, we see it through the phases.
“And that implies that the remaining hostages come out, and that support that is desperately wanted will get into Gaza at pace and on the volumes which can be wanted.
“I have from the last few weeks, two images fixed in my mind: The first is the image of Emily Damari reunited with her mother, which I found extremely moving.
“The second was the picture of hundreds of Palestinians strolling – actually strolling – via the rubble to attempt to discover their houses and their communities in Gaza.
“They must be allowed home. They must be allowed to rebuild. And we should be with them in that rebuild, on the way to a two-state solution.”
Sir Keir was later requested by Reform UK chief Richard Tice if funding to the United Nations Reduction and Works Company for Palestine Refugees within the Close to East [UNRWA] can be suspended, after Ms Damari revealed she was stored prisoner by Hamas within the UN company’s amenities.
Mr Trump just lately suspended funding to UNRWA, and the earlier Conservative authorities did the identical.
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Israel has banned UNRWA from occupied East Jerusalem and Israel itself, having accused the company of getting shut hyperlinks to Hamas in Gaza – one thing the company denies.
The Reform chief requested: “Will the prime minister agree with me that we should stop funding Hamas, follow the example of other nations and divert our aid to other, more trustworthy agencies?”
In response, Sir Keir stated he had spoken to Ms Damari’s mom on many events, “including when she didn’t know whether her daughter was alive or not”.
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The prime minister added: “But to be absolutely clear, and he knows this, we’re not funding Hamas – we never will.
“We condemn Hamas, And all people on this home ought to condemn Hamas.”
