MP calls for more action on Gaza situation

A CORNWALL MP who was detained and “confronted by guns” at the Israeli border on a fact-finding human rights mission to the West Bank has demanded in Parliament that the UK Government does more to stop the “slaughter and starvation” in Gaza, writes Lee Trewhela.

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Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George said: “The Government must act. We can do more to avert a continuation of the shocking genocide in Gaza. Politicians often become distracted by semantics. Concentrating more on disagreeing whether, for example, we should describe the state of Israel as ‘apartheid’. I witnessed the extreme discrimination and segregation on my recent visit there, so I'm not sure whether there is a better term to describe it.”

In April, Mr George was detained before being allowed entry to Israel and was confronted with guns as he tried to monitor the daily reality of life for Palestinians in the West Bank.