Things seem to have moved after the Cabinet meeting this morning, but there are some pretty big caveats:

[The announcement] will stipulate the need for the release of all the hostages still held by Hamas and be based on a guarantee the terror group no longer rules Gaza, sources say.

Also made me wonder how Starmer’s conversation with Trump went yesterday. Not good?

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      I don’t think so. Even Netanyahu’s response to this shows he’s going to ignore us completely.

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        Whatever it stop netenyahu or not doesn’t matter. It’s uk and any un state members obligation to use all their leaverage against a genocide since they signed the geneva and genocide convension

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          This is a perfectly fine argument that I already agreed with a mere two comments ago when I said:

          I don’t see that the UK has much leverage, but that being the case, we ought to be just doing the moral thing.

          With bold, this time. You know, in case it helps.

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            I don’t see why you said even Netanyahu’s response to this shows he’s going to ignore us completely then.

            We still disagree about the uk having no leaverage too

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        Uk has no eminent security risk so there is no reason to by and sells arms from/to israel. Israel is the 44th trading parner of the uk so they can also impose sanctions on israel

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          Israel is the 44th trading partners of Israel? Sorry what the fuck are you trying to say here?

          Ok makes sense now you’ve edited it 😀

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            I mean israel is only uk’s 44th trade partner accounting for only about 0.3% of total UK trade. The uk could impose sanctions on israel

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              Is direct trade that only issue that determines whether or not sanctions could be applied?

              Surely there’s general politics bulshittery in the mix ?