LONDON (Dispatches) – The United Kingdom’s new prime minister has emphasized the need for a ceasefire in Gaza, as the Zionist regime has shown no inclination to stop its devastating war that has killed more than 38,000 people.
Keir Starmer told Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a “clear and urgent need for a ceasefire, the return of captives and an immediate increase in the volume of humanitarian aid reaching civilians”.
As the opposition leader, Starmer had been accused of not calling for a ceasefire, taking the same line as Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He called for a ceasefire in February after intense public pressure months after opposing a ceasefire resolution in the UK Parliament. He was also accused of denying tickets to some pro-Palestinian members of the Labour Party, including former party chief Jeremy Corbyn.
At least five pro-Palestinian candidates, including Corbyn, won the elections as independents.
Starmer was widely criticized for saying the Zionist regime “has the right” to cut water and electricity supplies to Gaza on an LBC podcast last October. A Labour Party spokesperson denied Starmer justified water and power blockade.
More than 38,500 Palestinians have been killed, mostly children and women, in the occupying regime’s carnage launched on October 7. More than 87,000 people have been injured and thousands are missing.