Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi AltarThe only way to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Gaza this Tuesday is release The number of hostages is still in Hamas hands. “It is clear that a The ceasefire will not last long if hostages are still being held. And whether Hamas, whose goal is to destroy Israel, still has the ability to operate in underground tunnels and launch rocket attacks,” he said. Altar Before the Liaison Committee, a parliamentary committee made up of chairmen of a dozen committees House of Commons.
Prime Minister justifies his government’s decision refrain from supporting a ceasefire inside Strip —in both the British Parliament and the United Nations.— Showed that Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas attacks lukewarmness while condemning many civilian deaths exceed 19,000According to the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian Territory, it is in the hands of Hamas. As some MPs reminded him, the figures far exceed the deaths in more than 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland. Sunak reassured Israel that Israel must take “every possible measure” to prevent the deaths of innocents, but also highlighted several problems: responsibility “It falls to Hamas”deliberately placing themselves among the civilian population.
British Government “showed itself in favour”humanitarian breaks“Allowing aid to enter through the border gates and opening the Kerem Shalom gate is significant. We are also investigating. alternative sea corridorsThis could play a leading role given our assets in Cyprus. “We are working in every way we can to get more help to people who need it,” Sunak said. British Foreign Secretary, David Cameronthis Tuesday moved to: Paris already Rome Discussing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with the French president, Emmanuel Macronand together with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani.
deportations to Rwanda
Beyond his stance on the conflict in Gaza, Sunak’s appearance touched on other sensitive issues for his Government. Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, Labor Party Diana JohnsonHe subjected the Prime Minister to a tense interrogation immigration policy The Executive focused on the plan to deport irregular asylum seekers to the UK to Rwanda. Sunak refrained from clarifying whether there were any airlines willing to fly to the African country and refrained from providing data on the subject. total cost of the plan. For now the British Government has paid compensation to Rwanda approx. 280 million eurosbut no flights have been booked to Kigali yet.
Sunak also refrained from setting a new date to fulfill his promise to stop the epidemic. irregular arrival Ship passage through the English Channel originally set for the end of this year. Although this is one of the Government’s main priorities, for now it is only reduce total number your arrivals 30%. The Prime Minister emphasized that significant progress had been made in this regard, but the head of the Internal Affairs Committee reminded him that this year’s figure was as follows: second highest because there are only records that exceed last year’s record. More than 45,000 arrivals.
broken promises
Sunak’s intervention before the Liaison Committee served to achieve a conclusion. balance of the yearIt was the last day of parliamentary activities before the Christmas break. A year in which the Prime Minister achieved almost none of the targets he set in January: halving inflation, economic growth, reducing public debt, reducing public health waiting lists and ending the irregular arrival of ships. English Channel.
He fulfilled only one of the five promises he made at the beginning of the year cut inflation in halfother goals are far from reachamong them waiting lists inside National Health Service (NHS). Sunak attributed delays to this target to strikes by junior doctors, whom he criticized for continuing the strike despite other civil servants having already agreed to pay rises recommended by the Executive.