UK says Israel surrounded by those who seek its ‘annihilation’, rejects calls to ban arms exports

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy opposes a “blanket ban” of arms exports to Israel, saying it needs to defend itself in “one of the toughest neighbourhoods in the world” and is “surrounded by people who would see its annihilation.”
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[@NoBS-rf1gd]

It seems like nothing has changed regarding the uk’s foreign policy after the elections…

[@ashbody3499]

Labour will be worse, because Starmer is weak & will cave to z I o pressure.

[@marcusavey8529]

the rightwing government were far left, now you voted the face valued leftwingers, you thought things would get better? that's some serious detachment, i'll smoke whatever you're on fella must be powie stuff

[@dombo813]

Of course not, Labour has long been in the pocket of zionist lobbying interests.

[@booblizard104]

@RickRossYuhM8 A multi billion dollar military and the might of the USA behind them yet they're somehow the ones being bullied mhmm sure Jan.

[@NefetariMoonRay]

very very sadly. also 4 us.

[@SS08947]

Labour friends of Israel....

[@patreddy1610]

Unfortunately,! It would be better reading if the comment had read "Labour for the oppressed Palestinians and justice'! However, much as I would like to see it happen I think that it's a pipe dream.

[@Ole_Woodworm]

There is actually a good AJ documentary about how the I-Lobby took over the Labor Party.

[@kwolf2145]

good, at least muslims know their place now.

[@Ole_Woodworm]

@@kwolf2145 that`s racist

[@davidkarl9935]

@@Ole_Woodworm parliament as a whole is infiltrated and taken over by 'outside' forces that don't have the best interests of the men and women of this country at heart.

[@adammitxhell2932]

Publish the legal advice then, David Lammy!

[@marionfriedenthal7352]

This is shocking. I'm not surprised though.

[@marionfriedenthal7352]

@@faustoferrari4303 😂😂

[@EradicatingZionnism]

Funny thing is in modern history its been israel who’s been the agressor so thats bs

[@kevkevv_]

No? They declared independence (and had to fight for it) the six day war was justified and Gaza was caused by Hamas actions during Oct 7th

[@Sundancer09]

@@kevkevv_ European Z!onists colonised Palestine and forced 750,000 native Palestinians from their homes to take their land. That's NOT "independence."

[@edelgyn2699]

@@kevkevv_ Definitely NO to your proposition. It doesn't follow that the current war on Gazan civilians had to take place because Israel could have chosen to seek diplomatic negotiations to release it's citizens as other countries have done. The ICJ have declared Israel is the aggressor and the perpetrator of atrocities on the Palestinian people.

[@abdulsamadbinabdulghani5034]

shameful!

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

Hamas exist 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ice-cream313]

Here we go. Committing genocide then playing victim when their victims fight back.

[@AtheistEve]

Yup. Like calling the French Resistance: “terrrsts”.

[@Touchlineteaser]

@@Western-imperalismRichard head.

[@swaglikeohio83]

They are people of lawlessness. As it says in the Bible about the last days.

[@Touchlineteaser]

@@swaglikeohio83 You shouldn’t take the bible as gospel. Geddit.

[@leelhasa6294]

Must have done his research via Communist Tiktok. Fun fact: China is doing a GENUINE one against Muslims (that's the dictatorship running your 2nd biggest economy on Earth - brains!). So if the woke crew isn't ever protesting that one - then we need to ask why they are protesting the only democracy in the Middle East that was purposely provoked on Oct7 by Iran's tools Hamas who use the Palestinian people as shields. And we need to note how this is corresponding to other authoritarian BS ignited in democracies - as Russia goes for Ukraine and the Dragon prepares to take Taiwan.

[@melbla3609]

They really do live in an alternative reality.

[@NefetariMoonRay]

yeah. it should reflect the voice of the people. ad as I see it. the British people hate atrocity towards others kids.

[@Sundancer09]

Lord Sydenham summed it up perfectly in Parliament on June 6th 1921: "How have we fulfilled this pledge, this solemn pledge, to the people of Palestine? We have set up a Zionist autocracy without consulting the people, and against their known wishes. Under the Mandate we have given power to a foreign organisation, which may be dominated, for all we know, from Frankfort, or from London, or from New York, to admit immigrants as it pleases and to exercise certain privileged economic rights, all of which your Lordships will see in the Mandate. That is the root cause of all the trouble in Palestine, and of the greater trouble which I must warn the Government will come, and will not be confined to the frontiers of that country."

[@gillps5130]

Exactly. Deep, deep immorality built those shallow foundations.

[@Beyond_Belief534]

Annihilators claiming to be victims of annihilation Business as usual then

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

What’s becoming so obvious to people now is that colonialism has never ended just rebranded with different terms. From Natives indigenous people being called “savages” in the old days to now being called “terrorist” by neocolonialists who are neoliberals, neoconservatives, and zionist. 1) Savages is now “terrorist” 2) Civilizing them is now “bringing them democracy” We can all see Israel is a colonial project being supported by former and current colonials such as U.S, UK, and others who also control territories of indigenous natives in Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Hawaii, and many more. The liberation of Palestine will definitely give RISE to many indigenous natives around the world to free themselves from western domination. This is the underlying ripple effect that the U.S government and its puppet allies don’t want to happen.

[@wharf4398]

The only colonizing we see, is the colonizing of Europe by the third world

[@imonlydancingsal1509]

Israel left Gaza in 2005. The Palestinians proceeded to murder each other, Hamas v Fatah. You seem to know nothing of the true facts. Israel and the Jewish people have had continuous uninterrupted presence on the land for thousands of years and long before the religion of Islam existed.

[@rumplestiltskin2104]

@RickRossYuhM8he’s probably living in a western country in favour of burning the very flag that allows him to voice is moronic opinions. The irony isn’t wasted

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

Colonialism?? England is currently being colonised. FREE ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@marcusavey8529]

@RickRossYuhM8 i'll wager he's from the west, i'm from the west, but don't confuse me for these lobotomites, i'm actually holding my government to account with recorded evidences of human rights abuses, did you know the DWP in the uk is murdering disabled people? i'd know i was one who nearly died, google censors you like 1984, i have 70 recorded instances of that and have already filed my case with the UN special counsel for human rights, most people are hypocrites, who all talk smack about their homelands, but are never doing anything to be the positive change they want to see, it's always "someone else will do it for me" hi! i'm that person,

[@gerolddo]

In other words,even Israel is the aggressor and occupier, still they can't be attacked.

[@Funintherain13]

they are not the aggressor. The shameful Hamas are.

[@saidbendif2834]

How can he call for a ceasefire fire and sell weapons at the same time? Stopping the weapons deals is the surest way to impose a ceasefire. Does he really believe that the British public doesn't see the contradiction? But tectonic plates are moving: the British people will force Lame Lamy to shift in a more principled and coherent position!

[@Afterthoughtbtw]

Even being as charitable as I can be to your point of view, I refuse to believe anyone can be so stupid as to claim that the only enemy Israel have is Hamas. Hezbollah. Iran. Two other entities that as recently as the last couple of months have shot missiles at Israel.

[@gilabola4642]

Try having a neighbour who keeps stealing your land from 6% to 70+% and keep wanting more, of course you want to annihilate that kind of neighbour

[@markelmslie6832]

The Arabs waged war on Israel so land taken from the Arabs is a legitimate prize of war. They can't seek the destruction of Israel and then cry about losing land instead of gaining it.

[@JulieClark-dc2nv]

@@gilabola4642 it DOESN'T BELONG TO THEM!! RESEARCH YOUR FACTS FIRST BECAUSE YOUR WRONG

[@gilabola4642]

@@JulieClark-dc2nv sorry to dissapoint your genocidal maniac mind, but palestinian has higher concentration of canaa ite DNA than some settlers from poland, russia and other parts of europe

[@ExcitedWhaleEye-xx9qv]

Where did you get stealing 6 to 70% of the land? Israel has defeated the Arabs in Battle after being attacked not once but several times and under international law is allowed to claim that land. If you knew the history of the Israeli/Arab conflict you would find out Israel has given the Palestinians more land (Gaza and part of the West Bank) than any Arab country and returned to the Arabs more land than they have actually kept (Sini desert) after defeating them. Your ignorance is a reflection of your poor education.

[@gilabola4642]

@@ExcitedWhaleEye-xx9qv where? From international law which of course zionist will not agree too except when it suits them. Nope, arab countries did not initiate the war, because before arab so called attack, zionist militia have already committed countless of massacres. The most famous Deir Yassin which happened before Israel declaration of independence. Historical fact did not support your BS

[@user-lr6qi1yy2l]

Just because Isreal says this it certainly doesn’t make it true. If Isreal kept its nose out of other people’s business they could live in peace. No one in the Middle East wants war with Isreal.

[@markelmslie6832]

Lies! Hamas and Gaza attempted to provoke a war of genocide against Israel by cowardly attacking Israeli citizens.

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

Yet Israel didn't attack anyone.. The ARAB NATIONS DID and started this whole mess... You really haven't a clue other than the BS put out by Hamas.

[@Sundancer09]

That's the problem: European Jews forced themselves into Palestinian 'business' to create Israel. It wasn't supposed to exist.

[@jahongirtoshkent9031]

Hitler was also surrounded by those who suffered from his regimes actions

[@epmcgee]

Shh, they'll play the holocaust card to try invalidate your logic.

[@SadaK-tr6dm]

👍

[@markelmslie6832]

Israel is surrounded by muslim dictators that seek its destruction.

[@JohnHarrington-mm3db]

He was also very much admired by the forefathers of Hamas who pleaded with him to build more gas chambers in the Middle East. 'Mein Kampf' is still required reading for Hamas members and copies are continually being found on killed and captured terrorists. This evil never dies, and it has surrounded the people of Israel ever since their ancient state (or a part of it) was re-established in 1947 - something the world had promised them nearly 30 years previously.

[@J2897Tutorials]

@@JohnHarrington-mm3db A "best seller" in Turkey too IIRC.

[@Elevations777]

Different puppets with the same policys

[@anwarbadat3914]

The soul is Sold

[@fateslegacy]

Disgusting and Cowrdly Hypocrisy!! 😑

[@alauddinrosli1092]

The international law doesn't apply to UK and US..law are meant to be used as a mean of manipulating other countries to follow their command. When your speaker questioned the legitimacy of such arms export, you need to answer has Israel committed or breached any international laws to counter..but you know you can't because that will be stupid since everyone saw it.

[@Ole_Woodworm]

This guy is a disgrace

[@mosin949]

Horrible Zaionist

[@Ole_Woodworm]

@@mosin949 Yes, imagine a black f@sc1st ...

[@richardduplessis1090]

Yes. He is.

[@Sylvia-ps8tg]

Throwing int. Law and geneva conventions in the garbage. Together with icj opinions.

[@ImloyaltoScotlandonly]

The English establishment are red and blue tory psychopaths

[@user-xz4dn8fj5p]

Some days before this guy called for a ceasefire. Hr is a hypocrite. Shame on him .surely his pocket has recently been filled with money.

[@markriding1267]

When you build your house on top of someone else's you are left with a structure that will never stand unaided.....hence the US/UK support bolstering an entity without foundations.

[@markelmslie6832]

What Gaza?

[@JulieClark-dc2nv]

@@markriding1267 oh That must be were your from then hmm

[@markriding1267]

@JaneSoole believe all the lies you want Truth will out.....Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney, California attorney general and U.S. senator, had a strong pro-Israel voting record in Congress, her supporters point out. The Jewish Democratic Council of America, a lobbying group that has already endorsed the likely nominee, said that Harris “has consistently supported full funding for U.S. security assistance to Israel throughout her career,” including in the Senate. Harris also worked with Biden to push Congress to pass $15 billion in supplemental aid to Israel in April. Nobody gets near the Presidency without swearing allegiance to Israel first...just ask RFK jr. “The vast majority of people understand the importance of the State of Israel,” she added later. “Both in terms of its history and its present in terms of being a source of inspiration on so many issues, which I hope we will talk about, and also what it means in terms of the values of the United States and those values that are shared values with Israel, and the importance of fighting to make sure that we protect and respect a friend, one of the best friends we could possibly have.” Kamala Harris.

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

Benjamin Netanyahu’s father who’s from Poland CHANGED his name from Benzion Mileikowsky to Benzion Netanyahu when he came to Palestine. They did this to sound more like Middle Eastern name. These imposters always change their names wherever they go. In Eastern Europe, they were known as the Name-Stealers. Now, they’re trying to steal Palestinian lands, culture, food, and even their organs and skin. Look it up. Israel has the biggest skin bank which shows that they’re NOT native to the land due to them having high skin cancer. Now they’re going after indigenous Palestinian vital organs.

[@user-ij7rb2wu9o]

Netanyahu's family tree is public, and they are all Jews. Not like you, you have animals in your family tree.

[@andymat7359]

Along with every single other Israeli leader in history.

[@AodhanBeag]

Happens all the time, they're ashkenazi imposters feigning to be semites David Ben Gurion was David Grühn was Polish Golda Meir was Golda Mabovitch from Kiev Mark Regev was Mark Freiberg and australian of German descent The list goes on

[@KiteMusic-sm1bg]

source : quran

[@niemand6031]

In the 70s he went by the name "Ben Nitay" in the US .... I saw him on a talkshow going by this name. Btw, in the same talkshow he made it clear that there should be no independent Palestinian State. That was before 1975 as far as I remember. He has never changed his opinion since.

[@abolfazlg8667]

Basically saying that he is gonna continue his support of apharteid regime and occupation force, as they did for the last 76 years, to continue they atrocities with ease,and that includes the supporting of the ongoing genocide in gaza !! Shame on you , for all the crimes you done and continue to do against Palestinian peolpe !!

[@surrealizms]

I am fucking LIVID listening to Lammy, LIVID!!!!

[@abdulsufi7894]

Damn...he did a complete turn. Fully joined the zionists and colonisers. 😅

[@user-dd2ew4fr8s]

He's likely on their payroll.

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

Who is colonising?!? Muslim colonising the UK??

[@Sundancer09]

@@user-ug8wx5er1w Jews were less than 10% of Palestinians before the British let them in. What's the Muslim population of the UK now?

[@abdulsufi7894]

@TG-ts3xn look up the word colonising first. When a white British accusing brown people or colonising. Yall are literally the mother of colonising. Hated in every corner of the world.

[@Shahid-if4ws]

One colonial nation helping another....😅

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

Mans still living in the 1800s 😂

[@sps05]

Remember no colonial project ended at the benevolence of the occupying forces or colonial backers , it ended through attrition, resistance fanctions and economic sanctions. I wish there wasn’t violence in the world , but every struggle against colonial entities has shown us this - Algeria , Vietnam , South Africa and now Palestine. Those being occupied have a right to resist

[@Sundancer09]

Explain that to the indigenous people of the Amazon.

[@azulaquaza4916]

Tf are you on about?? Most colonial projects ended with the colonizers future generations becoming attached to the land and the natives losing interest in fighting. This is how SA, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and many more were created 😂

[@Touchlineteaser]

@@Sundancer09And what is your point?

[@Sundancer09]

@@Touchlineteaser The colonial occupation of the Amazon ended to the benevolence of Brazil.

[@Touchlineteaser]

@@Sundancer09 You are using words you do not understand.

[@AtheistEve]

What is this quasi-judicial process he outlined? Does it include publishing the legal advice? Why hasn’t wikilee already published it?

[@csharpe5787]

I think Lamby should look at Gaza and see who is trying to wipe who of the map!😡

[@fazesw2343]

Who started the war

[@kevkevv_]

Who started the war? Don't start a war and then cry war

[@rothwellaudio]

@@fazesw2343 Israel started the war over 100 years ago and they've been at war ever since. They don't know what peace is. How come you don't know that?

[@fazesw2343]

@@rothwellaudio actually the Arabs attacked Israel first

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

@@rothwellaudio Wrong. Stop peddling Hamas lies. You claim its a 100 years when the easily found facts show the ARAB nations attacked Israel. NOT the other way around, How come you don't know that??????? Ohh wait. It doesn't suit your propaganda BS

[@SiyaaForPalestine]

If they’re surrounded by people wanting to destroy them, that means it’s not a safe place? That means their “state” failed. So why not pack up and leave?

[@Sylvia-ps8tg]

Yep. To Florida. Nice neighbours. You can expand, they‘re friends and don‘t mind.

[@urdailygamr9229]

if the neighbours don't like them why don't they change neighbourhoods go to saudi arabia,egypt,jordan wherever why tf will israel leave?

[@Sylvia-ps8tg]

@@urdailygamr9229 Its palestine land. And the colonizers aren‘t really loved in ME.

[@Sundancer09]

​@urdailygamr9229 European Jews chose to colonise Palestine, a land they'd never been to, with no family history, and surrounded by Arabs in an alien climate. WTF did they think would happen 🤦‍♂️

[@epmcgee]

@@urdailygamr9229 your 'neighbour' attacks you, and when you respond it's wrong and you have to leave? Please. Israel is the one who wants to see the destruction of people around it, and when those people respond in kind they're wrong? 😂

[@danzel1157]

And there we have it. The Labour government will support Israel, no matter what it does, or will do in the future.

[@CD-ev2vy]

Partners in crime forever or as long as the cash flows

[@KC-jr6zs]

​@@CD-ev2vyWell said. Why are complacent to these war crimes so they should sit in jail with Nut-en-Yahoo forever.

[@bugwandis]

Starmer is a Zionist who has pushed anyone pro Palestine out of the party.

[@JulieClark-dc2nv]

You don't have a Clue wat this is all about Really so I Suggest you Research the Truth.

[@gillps5130]

People don't understand. If it ceases to support Israel, it will cease to be the government, or the dissidents will be deposed. Israel is that powerful.

[@waqmanime]

It's like saying why other countries were attacking Germany in ww2

[@2.3_44XD--]

Same old lies

[@santichatterjee7284]

But why is it that Israel is surrounded by enemies? Why is it it can't build normal relationships, like everyone else in the world is doing? Answers to these questions will set the cat out of the bag

[@Sundancer09]

The cat was out of the bag a century ago, but the British government still let them get away with it: SITUATION IN PALESTINE (Hansard) HL Deb 08 June 1921 vol 45 cc470-9470 "How have we fulfilled this pledge, this solemn pledge, to the people of Palestine? We have set up a Zionist autocracy without consulting the people, and against their known wishes. Under the Mandate we have given power to a foreign organisation, which may be dominated, for all we know, from Frankfort, or from London, or from New York, to admit immigrants as it pleases and to exercise certain privileged economic rights, all of which your Lordships will see in the Mandate. That is the root cause of all the trouble in Palestine, and of the greater trouble which I must warn the Government will come, and will not be confined to the frontiers of that country."

[@doctorspock124]

Another coin in your Bloody piggy bank

[@TheSashapooch]

Is it a tougher neighbourhood than Gaza?

[@markbrown9183]

Comment of the day. Bravo!

[@julben1900]

Wouldn't be if Gaza wasn't governed by genocidal terrorists, but of course in the eyes of any Mein Kamph reader, that's the fault of the Jews.

[@alexugur]

The only thing that the people want to dismantle is the apartheid state. If Israel identifies with that, then so be it. But using the term 'annihilation' is utterly inappropriate. Nobody wants to annihilate either the legal or the illegal residents of the land, though the illegal settlement will have to be dealt with.

[@JohnHarrington-mm3db]

There is no apartheid state. There are 2 million Arabs citizens living in Israel, with full rights under the law. Arabs serve in the IDF, the judiciary and even the government. And the Arab Israelis voted by a majority in support of the war against the evil that has surrounded Israel since 1947. The true apartheid is on the Arab side. No Jew who wants to stay alive can live in Gaza or the West Bank, and the 1200+ men, women and children slaughtered on October 7th died because they had actually tried to make peace with the Gaza Arabs and gave them employment in their kibbutz's. That was their reward. And if you bother to check the facts, the Arab and Islamic states in the Middle East have been carrying out a policy of expelling thousands of Jewish people from their countries for years simply because they are Jewish.

[@giveaway.payback]

Theatre show

[@Everyonehasanopinion]

This guy speaks as though the destruction of Israel would be a bad thing.

[@AtheistEve]

I think the area should be one nation. Called “Mediterranea”. Or “Brian”

[@roi3831]

You are simply calling for a genocide against israelis. You people have lost your minds

[@Sylvia-ps8tg]

If almost all your neighbours dislike you, perhaps you should ask why….

[@Intelligence_Failure]

well, how many of its inhabitants do you think the UK would have to let in? currently, the people leaving i- are those who are not particularly fond of living in a military democracy under ap°rth°°d, but if a situation arises that instead makes all the people who like that leave, those are going to be one hell of an unpleasant imm°gr°nt population. they and the very particular sense of entitlement they bring would certainly become a bigger problem in germany and perhaps in the US than in britain, and probably many would be aware through their south african contacts that the place to move to in search of the good old days is australia, but britain would be high on the list, too. fundamentally, britain mostly wants i- to continue for the same reason why the leading british ant°°°mite The Right Honourable Arthur James Balf°°r, 1st Earl of Balf°°r, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL created it in the first place, and why that was the only °°wish political movement the n°z°s permitted through most of their reign: to have fewer °°ws in their own countries.

[@DmightyzTROOPER]

​@Sylvia-ps8tg A bunch of un semitic ppls thrown in(unwelcomed) amongst actual semitic indigenous ppls , thereafter these impostors decide to steal & usurp & play victim whilst also lobbying(bribing) their way through foreign government's. That may partly explain why

[@PatriciaClaireEdelstein]

Depressing. The wheel of colonial politics churned out. Ceasefire in Gaza-

[@LOSERSCHOSEISLAM]

TELL US ABOUT ISLAMIC COLONISATION AND HOW IT DRAGS CUNTRIES INTO BACKWARDNESS POVERTY SQUALOR AND MISERY

[@darrenhopkins6829]

Colonial politics 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Tell me you have blue hair without telling me you have blue hair.

[@LOSERSCHOSEISLAM]

@@PatriciaClaireEdelstein DISCUSS OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIAN ARMENIANS AND TOTAL LACK OF REGRETS BY TURKS WHO ARE BUSY BOMBING KURDS AND SYRIANS KIDS

[@cosem1982]

Israel is a european colony in the middle east. It is the new Australia, USA

[@julben1900]

Well over 50% of Israel's population have no connection to Europe. The rest have to go back a little farther but DNA shows they still originate in Israel. But thanks for your demonstration of dumb racist ignorance. It reminds us why Israel's strength is so important.

[@Spook291]

These people are monsters

[@annychest718]

👺

[@g.p616]

…..but not HAMAS!!!😂😂😂

[@basfinnis]

Lammy, Nuttyyahoo's personal urinal.

[@matthewclifton2510]

The Labour government is complicit in Israel's war crimes in Gaza. Does Lammy think speaking slowly makes him sound more serious? Gaslighting slow or fast is equally despicable given our responsibility in 40,000 civilian deaths in Gaza. Hope the ministerial car and elitist privileges will be worth the contempt and shame he will experience when Lammy's no longer useful to Starmer and Netanyahu.

[@matthewclifton2510]

@GretsGarbo goebells would be proud

[@matthewclifton2510]

@GretsGarbo amazing the propaganda of children having limbs amputated without anesthesia. Dehumanising human beings whatever the cause is despicable.

[@Sundancer09]

@GretsGarbo ISRAEL IS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES IN GAZA.

[@Sundancer09]

@GretsGarbo The only propaganda here is from Israeli bots.

[@richarddiss1643]

Outrageous!

[@guyn5735]

An empty house shows how much they all care. Its unbelievable and just shows how lifes cheap and money corrupts Absolutely.

[@MK-pt9xt]

The 70k brown envelope from isreal friends of labour !

[@danaplaczek9664]

This is the "toughest neighborhood" in the world due to the hostility of Israel to its neighbors as it steals Palestinian land. It has peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, it has devastated Lebanon so that country is no longer a threat except for Hizbollah, a militia that formed to resist Israel's constant warring on Lebanon, Sysria, which might be able to launch a feeble attack hasn't even managed to take back the Golan Heights. The Houthis have made it very clear that they are attacking Israel to stop a genocide in Gaza, and that their attacks will stop once that genocide stops. That make them far more moral than either the UK or my country, the USofA, both of whom are actively supporting and enabling Israel's genocide.

[@Caracaraorangeberry]

He can’t say it with a straight face.

[@stephenedgar9548]

Uk complicit in isrealie war crumes😂😂

[@Sundancer09]

War crimes are not amusing.

[@michaelgreen398]

Nazis never known a days peace in all of its existence, does that not tell you something????

[@Sundancer09]

They shouldn't have colonised Palestine.

[@user-uq3ie2io6e]

Corrupted ‼️ ⚖️⚖️⚖️🕊

[@rlmarissacooper]

Free Palestine free Congo free Libya free Syria free sudan free haiti free afghanistan free lebenon free iraq free jordan free Saudi Arabia free ughurs free hendback free somalia free kuwait free puerto rico

[@markelmslie6832]

Free the world of the evil cult of Islam which brings so much misery to the world.

[@taghi57]

War crimes complicit. When you go from far away stealing Palestinian land what do you expect the occupied to do and he is a lawyer like his boss human right lawyer in charge who supported shutting water, fuel aod food for Gaza. Shame on you all

[@kevkevv_]

Israel was first

[@krugmeister7301]

A load of rubbish PARANOID TALK.!😡

[@oldgaffer9212]

Don't be silly please they all want Israel gone you know that

[@imransyed8192]

Don’t be silly Isreal runs our politics and parliament and has 100% impunity and are treated with double standards

[@pawelsawicki1750]

To all of you, whom ,in your comments, seem to be surprised by UK stand on the subject: go back in the time around 100 years, (look up "Mandate for Palestine" ) and read on it. You will get it then, why, who and what

[@Sundancer09]

Britain broke the terms of their Mandate for Palestine by allowing Z!onists to colonise it. They acknowledged that in 1921 but let it happen for fear of 'the lobby'.

[@oiulti6900]

What the hell does that black man even mean?

[@Jaceyyyyyyy]

Labour are back and forth defending and criticising Israel, what a shambles 🤦

[@norajacob7291]

He is clearly ignorant

[@edelgyn2699]

@ribtips305 The confident smile is the worst part!

[@peace12344]

Land Rights and Sovereignty for the Indigenous Palestinian people!

[@markelmslie6832]

Never was and never should be a muslim Palestinian state.

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

They’re from Egypt though 😂

[@peace12344]

@@user-ug8wx5er1w I think you have confused the fact that around half of all Israeli's hold dual citizenship and many are descended from Europeans such as Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Gallant both of who have Polish parents!

[@Sundancer09]

@@markelmslie6832 Palestine was 85% Arabs and 5% Christian before the British let European Jews emigrate there.

[@johnnylabu765]

did he even bother to ask why those countries attacked israel?

[@Ziggi_onthe_RISE]

Except hezbollah and the houthis have both made clear from the beginning of their actions that they are determined to act in defense of the defenseless Palestinian civilians being grievously slaughtered in a genocide, and were Israel to cease its onslaught, there would be no need for further actions on their part [short term at least]. I.E. if UK and US specifically stop arming them with these weapons of genocide, and thus Israel is forced to halt their relentless bombing of civilians and infrastructure, then we’d have a de facto ceasefire based on lack of supplies to continue one as such. So that is a bullshit response. Israel is surrounded by enemies because the Israeli government treats every border as hostile, and has been the instigator in heightened hostilities

[@ericannobil127]

And whose fault it is that they are surrounded by hostile neighbours? Remember behaviour towards others tends to be reciprocal. You are nice to people they will respond in kind.

[@aj6805]

Why west insist to make israel decision for them. Israel should be responsible for its choice, it has optin to accept ceasefire and come out of gaza and accept two state solution or face weapon embargo and probable threat of losing israel state and be replaced by a pLestine state. The israeli should choose their path and destiny . When usa or uk make their decision for them , they act as colonial power who are protecting their colony despite genocide and all atrocity is being commited. Strang , wrong is that a Black left labour minister put on a parental colonial suit and arguing as a colonist. Forget who he is and what represents.

[@Shabs2456]

Free the UK from Friends of Israel. Where does their loyalty lie? Our reputation has been dragged through the gutter, with No respect for international law. Disgusting.

[@aymannabil3044]

This guy forgot the face of his father

[@edelgyn2699]

Perhaps it is more relevant that he has forgotten the face of his mother...

[@ortspoon320]

He's got this the wrong way round

[@edthorne4806]

Always the victim! 👎

[@daphneparkin6869]

Disingenuous and complicit in the genocide. Israel's "self defence" stance is redundant; its woes are self inflicted.

[@rogeliocuellar8630]

It's all about about money and jobs, plain and simple.😢😢

[@Sundancer09]

And oil.

[@ashyam66]

An Occupier has no reason to just its existence in other man's land.. Calling Israel a country is a crime in itself, mate

[@andynorth426]

Israel lobbying group paid the entire labour campaign fund

[@Richard-y5g]

There is no such place as Israel its called Palestine.

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

Are you calling for Genocide??

[@adamali3464]

Long live Palestine

[@sawsee8482]

Friends of Israel and AIPAC, can you guys do a piece on these organisations and their influence on the uk and us governments

[@solarenergy5157]

what goes around, comes around...You will be treated the same way you treat others.

[@Deltelly]

Well done on the no-context framing, Lammy. Poor Israel, suffering from all this unprovoked aggression hu? Everyone, even Lammy, knows the utter bs of this. Yet he still churns it out? This is getting clown show stupid now.

[@user-fg5ui3oq4r]

what do you expect from a former colonialist power??

[@freedom4639]

So was Germany before WW2 and we know what happened then.

[@geoffreyward2945]

With Israel as a State, we have enormous problems, with no Israeli state, no problems

[@Sundancer09]

Common sense doesn't hold much weight these days.

[@Intelligence_Failure]

1:42 he says "quasi-judicial", not "quasi-traditional", you muppets 🤦‍♂️

[@reallymakesyouthink]

What sort of twisted mind sees Israel as the victim in this situation.

[@Sundancer09]

Quite a few, judging by some of the replies.

[@barakah3270]

More than shameful

[@sawsee8482]

Now tell us about the foreign prescence and influence (with their foreign interests) over the uk and us governments ie the zionist and israel lobby's please, or are you selective and subjective or even concerned about upsetting your paymasters

[@markennyee]

Stay firm Israel

[@samanthagarbettcharles4205]

Theiving liers and war criminals .Hated by the whole world.pure evil..

[@allandickman774]

Lammy is incompetent 😮

[@TheENDAmac]

Cukold Government

[@wharf4398]

Never thought I'd ever find myself agreeing with David Lammy.

[@archimedesbird3439]

109, soon 110 But it's never their fault, is it?

[@Armando010]

sick

[@bobwishart8780]

Who was this gentleman that answered so eloquently and accurately?

[@BreakBeatStu]

Good! The UK should support Israel and not the terrorists

[@khaderlander2429]

Nothing has changed with labour. The double standards and hypocrisy are very clear to see. The role of lobbyists, special interest, the influence of money and Campaign financing play an important part in United Kingdom of Britain. He must have received donations from the Labour friends of Israel. Arrogance and ignorance is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

[@michaelgibson4705]

Note to foreign politicians Israel is not listening and does not care what they think rightly or wrongly

[@thinkerthinker3274]

This Guy Said well We Stand with Israel ❤❤❤

[@dombo813]

So was Nazi Germany. If you find yourself surrounded by enemies, maybe stop antagonising everyone.

[@naymatunc-rc6vs]

What is the normal way?