On Tuesday, will deliver a speech calling
on the international community to ensure the conflict in the
Middle East leads to a complete renewal of a political process to
pursue a long and lasting peaceful settlement for a two-state
solution.
will say that he fully
understands why people want a ceasefire in response to the
horrifying scenes of civilian suffering, all of us want the
violence to end.
He will say, however, a permanent ceasefire at this stage would
leave Hamas with the infrastructure and capability to carry out
exactly the sort of attack we saw on 7 October risking more
violence, more misery, and more suffering for Israelis and
Palestinians.
He will call for a humanitarian pause to enable the necessary
space to get people out, for aid to be distributed safely, and
for diplomatic progress to be made.
Starmer will reiterate that Labour supports Israel's right to
keep its people safe, within the clear guidelines of
international law. He will be clear this means vital services
must be switched on aid must be ramped up, the military operation
must be measured, and civilians must not be permanently
displaced.
The Labour leader will reflect on his work on human rights and in
Northern Ireland to assert that the only real end to this
conflict is through a political process. He will argue that
decades of inaction within the international community has to
end.
