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‘President Trump’s plan is an affront to the values that we hold dear’
Starmer under pressure from all sides to condemn Trump’s plan to drive Palestinians out of Gaza
Two children wait to get water next to a line of empty jerrycans in an area largely destroyed by the Israeli army's air and ground offensive in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, February 5, 2025
PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure to condemn Donald Trump’s plan to drive Palestinians out of Gaza as MPs in all parties protest.
Ministers are struggling to maintain traditional British policy in support of a “two-state solution” to the Palestine crisis without distancing themselves from the US President’s ethnic cleansing scheme, which the prime minister refuses to do.
Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds mounted a rearguard defence of this duplicitous approach in the Commons today, stressing British commitment to international law and to Palestinians rebuilding their lives in Gaza.
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