UK condemns Israel for depriving Palestinians of ‘human dignity’ | Israel-Gaza war
By: Pippa Crerar Political editor | Published: 2025-07-21 17:55:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
The UK has joined 24 other countries in condemning Israel for depriving Palestinians of “human dignity” as they issued a call for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.
David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, joined ministers from countries including Australia, Canada and France to urge the Israeli government to lift restrictions on the flow of aid, arguing that the suffering of civilians had “reached new depths”.
They also described proposals from the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, to move 600,000 Palestinians to a so-called “humanitarian city” in Rafah, an area that has been heavily damaged by Israeli bombs, as “completely unacceptable”.
At the Commons liaison committee, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the situation in Gaza was “intolerable” as he…
