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Sunday, October 8, 2023
Hundreds of UK MPs sign letter backing Israel and its ‘right to self defense’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Hundreds of British parliamentarians from both houses sign a statement condemning attacks by Hamas’s “marauding gangs of terrorists.”
“The attack by Iran’s Hamas proxy is a futile attempt to harm the movement for peace across the region, as Israel and its Arab neighbours work jointly for a future of shared prosperity,” says the statement drafted by the Britain-Israel All-Party Parliamentary Group, consisting of members from a range of political parties.
“The Abraham Accords have shown that a future of peace is possible and we celebrate the historic opportunity it presents and call for redoubled efforts to expand them.”
Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy is among the signatories.
“As members of all of the UK’s main political parties, we stand in solidarity with Israel and its right to self-defense at this time of great need,” says the statement.
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