Israel 'has a right' to withhold power and water from citizens in Gaza - Starmer
Israel 'has a right' to withhold power and water from citizens in Gaza - Starmer
The comments come after Gaza’s only power plant ran out of fuel and medical supplies, water and food were cut off.
I understand that Labour has to compensate for the chain of allegations of anti-semitism in the past, but I am not sure if that's the best take.
Honestly, I think an apology will be on the way. I think he tried to "soundbite" himself through an interview without really listening to the question or thinking about how it sounded.
That makes sense. Probably tries to stick closely to the prepared phrases, and realized too late what he replied that to.
He said everything within the remit of international law... It was right there in the video. He didn't say no but he also didn't answer the question posed.
Feels like a nothing burger. Simon Coveney said literally the same thing and it was taken the opposite way: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/israel-must-abide-by-international-law-in-gaza-siege-simon-coveney-says-as-fine-gael-to-send-letter-of-condolence-to-israeli-embassy/ar-AA1i3I8z
ETA: I'm not a big fan of Starmer at the best of times and find most of his takes to be as milquetoast as he can possibly make them, which is why it seemed unlikely he was actually taking this stance.
The difference here is that Starmer was directly asked if shutting off water and all supplies to Gaza is okay, he daid that it was Israel's right to do so.
He followed up with the international law, but he did say in no uncertain words that starving all people of Gaza is Israel's right.
He also repeated himself, I think he wanted to make very sure that he positioned himself as pro Israel, because of the stigma of anti semitism in the Labour party.
He said they are within their right to do that which is within the remit of international laws. He added that part about international law after the host added seiging and resource deprivation to a list of potential rights of Israel.
Agree with you on the last part, he's being extremely careful about the positioning for exactly that reason.
Hamas are the government in Gaza, it's their responsibility to provide utilities.
Edit. Okay morons, it's quite easy to check facts, Hamas are the elected government of Gaza
Hamas is an Islamist militant movement and one of the Palestinian territories’ two major political parties. It governs more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but the group is best known for its armed resistance to Israel.
He said everything within the remit of international law…
Which has the slight issue that "withholding power and water" is (arguably) not legal under international law.
No argument; civilians must be protected and power and water is absolute necessity for civilians.
It’s a war crime.
What Hamas did was absolutely horrid. What Israel is doing is absolutely horrid. No good people, only victims.
Starmer has to kiss the ring.
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