Starmer calls Israeli blockade 'intolerable' but dodges call to recognise Palestine

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called the Israeli blockade on Gaza "intolerable" and said his government is working towards a two-state solution.

Starmer made the remarks in response to a question in parliament by Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, who said: "For more than ten weeks Israeli forces have blocked food, water and medicine getting into Gaza.

"There is now a humanitarian catastrophe with two million people at risk of famine and one in five facing starvation.

"Rather than ending this crisis, the Netanyahu government is planning to seize all of Gaza indefinitely."

Davey continued: "Now I know the prime minister will agree that the blockade must end, and I'm sure he will agree that it would be appalling if Netanyahu proceeds with that escalation.

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