‘Let Gaza aid in,’ minister tells Israel

LET aid in to Gaza now, the British government told Israel today as the humanitarian crisis in Palestine deepened. Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told MPs that Israel’s conduct was “shameful”

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Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told MPs that Israel’s conduct was “shameful” in denying aid access to Gaza and its besieged inhabitants.

As floods sweep the strip, Mr Doughty told the Commons that 150,000 tents supplied by the government were being blocked from entering Gaza.

“Let the aid in” was the “simple and direct message to the Israeli authorities,” Mr Doughty said.

He added that Israel “as the occupying power” should open the crossings into Gaza and allow access to journalists and diplomats to examine conditions in the strip.

Mr Doughty also announced additional government humanitarian aid for Gaza through Unicef and pledged more sanctions against those involved in West Bank settler violence.

But many MPs wanted the government to go further.

Liverpool Riverside Labour MP Kim Johnson slammed the actions of the “barbaric Israeli government” while Alloa and Grangemouth MP Brian Leishman said it was “time to do something meaningful” by stopping all arms sales to Israel.

He also expressed doubt that any new Israeli government to be formed after the recent election would pursue a different policy towards the Palestinians.

Apsana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse Labour MP, slammed the Israeli attack on the Nasser hospital complex in Gaza this week, which killed six people.

She said Israel was practicing “systematic healthcare destruction” in Gaza, which amounted to “medicide.”

Ms Begum also warned that F-35 fighter jet parts “still shamefully exported by this country to Israel” were being used in the attacks on hospitals.

Your Party parliamentary leader Jeremy Corbyn also demanded no further military and security co-operation with Israel “because of its behaviour in the West Bank and the killing of 100,000 people in the Gaza strip.”

MPs across the Commons condemned the attitude of shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat during the statement.

The Tory spokesman accused Labour MPs of backing Hamas and appeared to say “blame the Jews” when the Israeli government was criticised.

Liberal Democrat international development spokeswoman Monica Harding called his comments “appalling” while Alan Gemmell, Central Ayrshire Labour MP, described them as “infantile.”

Not a single Conservative backbencher appeared for the statement, likely a sign of a diminishing willingness to follow leader Kemi Badenoch’s unconditional defence of Israel.

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