David Lammy, UK Foreign Minister, meets Netanyahu, President Herzog; seeks immediate Gaza ceasefire

Britain's new foreign secretary, David Lammy, will press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages during a trip to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories on Sunday, the foreign office said. Lammy will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and make the case for a "credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution", the foreign office said in a statement. "The death and destruction in Gaza is intolerable. This war must end now, with an immediate ceasefire, complied with by both sides," Lammy said. He will raise with Netanyahu the issue of 680 tonnes of British aid that is waiting to enter Gaza, the foreign office said. Lammy's Labour Party, elected in a landslide earlier this month despite setbacks in areas with large Muslim populations amid discontent over its position on Gaza, has said long-term peace and security in the Middle East would be an immediate focus.

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[ishvara_meditations]

SHAME ON YOU LAMMY. LABOUR = MORE OF THE SAME.

[richardhart]

Shaking hands with someone that the UN is seeking an arrest warrant against shows an appalling lack of judgement.
Let's look at actions rather than words;
Have Labour retracted the governments legal challenge to the ICC on the jurisdiction against an arrest warrant being issued against Israeli Netanyahu? – Nope
Have Labour published the legal advice (historical and current) that the Government has received on Israel’s compliance with international law? - Nope
Have Labour suspended arms sales or taken any other action to prevent further bloodshed in Gaza and the West Bank? – Nope
Have Labour formally accepted the state of Palestine? – Nope
Have Labour restarted funding for UNRWA? - Nope

Is there literally nothing Israel can do before the West says enough is enough?

[rajeshx]

if they don't listen your words then what you will do🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[KitiTui]

Asking for all that it wont happen lol

[MelissaOdisee]

So much negativity about Lammy. Now he has this chance, I hope he may help bring about positive change 🙏🏻

[ianmcguire]

Lammy is a perfect example of a person that lacks wisdom, common sense and common decency and his comments, tweets and opinions are an embarrassment to every decent British citizen.

[col]

So he should condemn what is clearly now genocide

[ariellife]

Yeah, as if Israel will listen to anybody