Virgos Groove Posted July 19 Posted July 19 Quote Britain will restore funding to the UN's Palestine relief agency Unrwa, the foreign secretary has announced, in Labour's first major departure from the previous government's stance towards the Middle East crisis. David Lammy told MPs on Friday he had decided to unfreeze funding, which was suspended in January after Israel alleged that Unrwa staff were involved in the 7 October attack by Hamas. Catherine Colonna, a former French foreign minister, carried out a review of the allegations for the UN earlier this year but said she was given no evidence by the Israelis to back up their claims. Quote Lammy's decision marks a rare split between the UK and the US on policy towards Gaza, leaving the US as the only country not to have restored funding. The Guardian 4
Peroxide Posted July 19 Posted July 19 Well it's better than nothing but let's do MORE Kier… come on now sis… STOP the arms sales. RECOGNISE the state of Palestine. 1
Virgos Groove Posted July 19 Author Posted July 19 8 minutes ago, Peroxide said: Well it's better than nothing but let's do MORE Kier… come on now sis… STOP the arms sales. RECOGNISE the state of Palestine. This is why pressuring centrists is important. Labour obviously won the election in a landslide (because people are sick of the Tories), but Keir knows the left (and Muslim) vote collapsed.
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