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Nicholas Cecil

Foreign Secretary David Lammy slams Israeli minister over 'moral' starvation claim

Foreign Secretary David Lammy slammed an Israeli minister who argued that starving the people of Gaza may be a “moral” way to get hostages held by terror group Hamas released.

The Cabinet minister urged Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to distance itself from the remarks by finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.

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