Starmer must expel Israeli ambassador as Gaza genocide intensifies
The Scottish Greens have called on the Prime Minister to end all arms sales and political support for Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, including the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador.
The call from the party’s co-leader, Lorna Slater, comes as Starmer has urged Israel to reconsider its plans to further intensify its occupation of Gaza.
Lorna Slater said:
“The UK government has not been a detached observer in the genocide against Gaza, it has been an active participant.
“The Prime Minister and his colleagues have chosen to arm and support Israeli forces and have ignored the daily and systemic atrocities that have been inflicted on Palestinians.
“When Keir Starmer sees the images of homes and communities turned to rubble or reads the stories about children being killed while their families are queuing for food, he must know that he has done nowhere near enough to stand against it.
“Urging restraint is not enough, the hypocrisy must end. The arms sales must stop and so must the military collaboration and political support that has gone with them.
“That must mean backing sanctions against Israeli forces and expelling the Israeli ambassador who has served as a mouthpiece for genocide.
“This has been a disgraceful chapter in UK foreign policy and has made the Prime Minister and his colleagues complicit in some of the worst war crimes of this century.”