British Foreign Office spokesman Martin Day on Thursday called on Israel to allow Gaza borders to open for exports to ease an unbearable situation in the Strip ... Day said the British government believed settlements were a major obstacle to achieving peace, and that the UK continuously relayed this to Israel. All settlement activity, including in East Jerusalem, contravened international law and should be frozen to create an atmosphere for successful negotiations, he said
Read more
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
"... the UK continuously relayed this to Israel", and Israel continuously ignored the UK.
ReplyDelete"If you ignore our demand that you lift the Gaza blockade, we will be forced to take further action, i.e., demand that you lift the Gaza blockade."
This Martin Day (who?) is a Foreign Office spokesman today. Tomorrow when the Israelis accuse the British government of anti-semitism we'll be informed that Mr. Day was expressing a personal opinion that in no way reflected the Foreign Office's position.