Andy Burnham, who is expected to be named as Britain’s new prime minister later this month, wants to exert more pressure on the Israeli government over its actions in Gaza, according to the Guardian.
Burnham was critical of how current Prime Minister Keir Starmer had initially reacted to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in October 2023, which came after an attack on Israel by Hamas-led gunmen.
He stated that the UK was too slow to call for a ceasefire and that more needs to be done to strengthen their approach, including looking at further sanctions on those involved in the violence in Gaza and measures to ban trade in goods with illegal settlements.
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