Corbyn: PM must stand up to Trump on Middle East ‘peace’ deal
Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street
JEREMY CORBYN has demanded that Boris Johnson reject Donald Trump’s “peace” plan for Israel and Palestine.
Speaking in the Commons today, the Labour leader warned that the plan, which offers Israel a wish list of its long-held demands, would “lock in illegal Israeli colonisation and deny Palestinians their fundamental rights.”
He urged the Prime Minister to abandon his unwavering support for the US president and tell him, “candidly, on this you are wrong.”
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