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Pro-Israel Tory MP Condemns ‘Disproportionate’ IDF Gaza Offensive

 

 Prominent pro-Israeli Tory MP, Margot James, urges the government to adopt a policy shift on the Gaza crisis. (Photo from Wikipedia.org)

Prominent pro-Israeli Tory MP, Margot James, urges the government to adopt a policy shift on the Gaza crisis. (Photo from Wikipedia.org)

Conservative MP Margot James, an aide to former Foreign Secretary William Hague, has written to new Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond, urging him to rethink the coalition’s policy towards the ongoing conflict. Observers say the letter is a clear sign of growing disquiet within the coalition government over Israel’s aggressive military campaign.

In her letter, the Stourbridge MP expressed sorrow and disbelief at the sheer scale of Palestinian suffering that has emerged since the bloody conflict began three weeks ago. Ms James told Hammond she was writing to him on behalf of many of her constituents who had contacted her directly to “register their despair at the loss of life in Gaza.”

‘Wholly Disproportionate’

Her constituents, mostly non-Muslims, regard Israel’s military action in the region as “wholly disproportionate to the threat posed by Hamas,” she said.

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