LABOUR’S Shadow Health Secretary has warned that the Hamas attack on Israel must be condemned and called for the police to investigate people supporting the terror group.
Wes Streeting told GB News: “I think they need to look at whether crimes are being committed here and I would say to people who are, I think with justification, worried about Palestinian human rights, worried about the escalation of violence, want to see a state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel, what we’re seeing on our screens, not only can’t be justified in human terms and the barbarity and the fear that the families are going through, but it also sets back the cause of peace.
“And so people celebrating on the streets of London and elsewhere in the UK need to ask themselves, where is their humanity?
“Do they think that that’s going to build support for a just cause or set it back, because I genuinely believe the only future for Israelis and Palestinians is a two state solution through peaceful negotiation and the pursuit of that cause is made harder, not easier by what we’ve seen.”
In a discussion with Camilla Tominey, he said: “I think the barbarity that we’re seeing unfolding on our television screens and on our social media feeds is horrifying. I cannot imagine what people in Israel are going through and I literally cannot imagine what it must be like to be under that kind of threat of violence, kidnap, murder.
“There’s no justification whatsoever for it whatsoever. It needs to be unequivocally condemned. And to those who support the cause of Palestinian human rights and statehood, as I do, and I think most of us would, this isn’t resistance.
“What we’re seeing is terrorism and our country’s got to stand against it and stand with Israel’s right to defend itself.”
During questions on health, Mr Streeting admitted that he has benefited from private healthcare.
He said: “I did, when I worked with Comet…when I was a student, I needed a small operation, I had private insurance provided by my employer. I’m not going to judge people who go private.
“I’m not going to judge employers who provide private medical insurance or staff who take it up. That is a perfectly reasonable choice to make. I want to make sure that no one in this country ever feels forced to go private or gets left behind if they can’t afford to go private.”
