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Is British support for Israel wavering?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

Politics, Daily News, News

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps have signalled a shift in the British position towards the Israel-Gaza conflict, suggesting that British support for Israel's actions may be time-limited. James Heale talks to Katy Balls and Stephen Bush.

Produced by Cindy Yu.

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I'm James Heel and I'm joined today by Katie Ball's The Spectators Political

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Editor and Stephen Bush from the Financial Times.

0:32.0

Now Katie I think of all the Sunday articles written yesterday the most editor and Stephen Bush from the Financial Times.

0:32.8

Now Katie, I think of all the Sunday articles written yesterday, the most interesting

0:35.4

one perhaps was David Cameron's joint op-ed with his German counterpart in the Sunday Times.

0:40.1

Talk about the UK's position on Gaza.

0:42.1

Talk us through this.

0:43.2

Yes, so this seemed to signal a change in position

0:46.1

from the UK government, one that's since been backed up

0:48.4

by Grand Sheps, the Defence Secretary.

0:50.7

David Cameron in that joint Op-Ed

0:53.0

effectively said he would like to see a sustainable ceasefire in the Israel-Gazza

0:56.7

conflict and warning that too many civilians have been killed.

1:00.5

Now, it's always been the case that the UK government has and would say too many

1:04.4

civilians have been killed but up until this point they've been talking about

1:07.7

a humanitarian pause and this is not calling for a cease-, which is what I think lots of countries have been calling for and what lots of MPs and Labour those who resigned. They wanted the immediate ceasefire.

1:22.0

When we talk about sustainable ceasefire, it is saying that it can't just be about

1:28.0

freezing things, freezing the conflict today, but working out how you can bring things to your clothes.

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