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Burnham: We will keep pressuring Israel to lift restrictions on Gaza aid
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the House of Commons that his government was doing everything it could to press Israel to allow aid into Gaza. He was responding to Jeremy Corbyn’s question about the humanitarian situation after the floods.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said his government would continue pressuring Israel to allow essential aid into the Gaza Strip and lift the restrictions imposed on it.
He made the remarks during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 11 November, in response to a question from Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the governing Labour Party.
Corbyn: The world is shocked
Corbyn said, “What is happening in Gaza, where people seeking food and medicine are dying because aid is insufficient, and which has now been hit by terrible floods, has shocked and appalled the entire world.” He asked whether Britain would work with other countries to deliver aid directly to Gaza if Israel did not allow it, and also asked for Burnham’s position on an initiative to investigate allegations that Britain was assisting Israel through arms sales and intelligence sharing.
Burnham replied: “You are right that the situation in Gaza is appalling,” adding, “We are doing everything we can to pressure the Israeli government to allow essential aid into Gaza and lift the restrictions imposed on it. To protect the goal of a two-state solution, we have also taken sanction decisions, particularly concerning settlements in the West Bank.”
He continued: “We await the results of the consultations that began after the general election in Israel. We will continue along the path we have set.”
A harsh winter in the tents
Burnham’s remarks came after heavy rain hit the Gaza Strip late last week, flooding thousands of tents sheltering displaced people who had lost their homes.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called on Israel on Tuesday to allow more aid into Gaza amid winter conditions, stressing that the British government “will not stand by,” according to the Jerusalem Post.
Cover photo and first photo: Anadolu Agency. Burnham photo: Wikimedia Commons (UK Prime Minister, CC BY 4.0, archive). Sources: Anadolu Agency, Jerusalem Post.
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