PM is urged to recall Parliament over Gaza crisis

SIR Keir Starmer has been urged to recall Parliament to “impose immediate sanctions” on Israel in a joint letter signed by politicians in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

- JONATHAN MCCAMBRIDGE

The letter urges the Prime Minister to “act now” to exert pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza.

It has been signed by Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Plaid Cymru’s Westminster group leader Liz Saville Roberts, as well as Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, SDLP leader Claire Hanna, the SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, and the convener of the party's Holyrood group Stuart McMillan.

Other cosignatories include co-leader Lorna Slater of Scottish Greens, Alistair Carmichael from the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll.

The letter says: “The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza is both man-made and avoidable.

“It is characterised not only by relentless bombardment and destruction, but by the deliberate creation of conditions that are starving a civilian population.