Foreign secretary David Lammy condemns blocking of aid trucks and calls by Israeli ministers to ‘purify Gaza’
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UK-Israeli relations have plunged to their worst state for decades after the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, suspended negotiations over a new free trade deal, saying Israel’s cabinet ministers’ calls to “purify Gaza” by expelling Palestinians were repellent, monstrous and extremist.
He also said wider talks about a future bilateral strategic roadmap with Israel were being reviewed.
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