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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Claudia Savage

Cameron wrong to talk about possible sanctions for Israeli ministers – Lammy

Lord David Cameron was criticised by David Lammy (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

David Cameron was “wrong” to raise the prospect of sanctions being considered against two Israeli ministers, according to Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

Former foreign secretary Lord Cameron revealed last month that he had been working on a plan to sanction finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over their support for blocking aid from entering the Gaza Strip and expanding illegal settlements both there and in the West Bank.

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