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Labour declines to say if it backs Tory government’s abstention on key UN Gaza ceasefire vote
Israeli soldiers prepare to enter the Gaza Strip, at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, December 13, 2023
LABOUR declined today to indicate whether or not it backed the government’s abstention on a key United Nations Gaza ceasefire vote.
Britain joined a handful of other states in not taking a position on a motion urging an immediate ceasefire at the UN General Assembly.
While 153 states voted in favour, just 10, including the US and Israel, opposed.
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