Distraught relatives of Israeli hostages accuse David Lammy of giving ‘terrorism more space to breathe’

DISTRAUGHT relatives of Israeli hostages contiguous accused David Lammy of giving “terrorism abstraction to breathe”.

At Labour Party league successful Liverpool household members of captives criticised the Foreign Secretary for partially suspending arms income to Jerusalem.

And they slammed the determination of ministers to unconditionally resume backing to the United Nations assistance bureau for Gaza, UNRWA.

The UN fired 9 UNRWA unit aft concluding they whitethorn person been progressive successful the October 7 panic attacks.

In January Rishi Sunak paused payments to the bureau but they were resumed by Mr Lammy successful July.

At a Labour Friends of Israel fringe event, Ilay Yosef David, whose member Eviatar David has been trapped successful Gaza panic dungeons for 352 days, said: “I cognize present that Britain is paying money again to UNRWA.

“Workers of UNRWA killed and kidnapped radical from Israel and immoderate of them enactment hostages successful their homes.

“The stopping of immoderate ammunition to Israel and not cutting capable weapons to Qatar – I deliberation it’s atrocious for the struggle.

“It gives terrorism much abstraction to breathe.”

London-based Sharon Lifschitz, whose aged begetter remains hostage successful Gaza, said: “I person a profound occupation with conscionable returning the work to UNRWA… without saying we realise UNRWA is portion of the occupation and we request to either wholly betterment it oregon find an alternative.”

In his keynote league code Mr Lammy insisted that restoring millions successful backing for the UN bureau shows “Britain is back”.

The Foreign Secretary said: “We person respected the independency of the planetary courts.

“And we person made the close decisions to basal up for planetary law.

“I judge successful the close of Israel to beryllium harmless and secure.

 “And I besides judge successful the justness of the Palestinian cause.”