Miliband hits Cameron over ‘Gaza silence’

Fighting in Gaza provided the backdrop for some harsh parliamentary sniping in London Saturday night, as Labour leader Ed Miliband accused Prime Minister David Cameron of “inexplicable silence” regarding Israel’s incursion into the Strip.

“The prime minister is wrong not to have opposed Israel’s incursion into Gaza. And his silence on the killing of hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians caused by Israel’s military action will be inexplicable to people,” he said, according to the Guardian. “I am a supporter of Israel and I believe in Israel’s right to self-defense. But its military actions in the past two weeks have been wrong and unjustifiable.”

Miliband, who has expressed a desire to become Britain’s first Jewish prime minister, also praised Cameron for castigating Hamas, but said he should be playing leading role in peace efforts.

A spokesperson for Cameron shot back that Miliband was “playing politics” with the war.