Hamas are the government in Gaza, it’s their responsibility to provide utilities.
Comment on Israel 'has a right' to withhold power and water from citizens in Gaza - Starmer
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 8 months agoThe difference here is that Starmer was directly asked if shutting off water and all supplies to Gaza is okay, he daid that it was Israel's right to do so.
He followed up with the international law, but he did say in no uncertain words that starving all people of Gaza is Israel's right.
He also repeated himself, I think he wanted to make very sure that he positioned himself as pro Israel, because of the stigma of anti semitism in the Labour party.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
guriinii@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hamas aren’t the government. And all utilities come from Israel.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Hamas do govern the Gaza Strip.
Hamas (UK: /hæˈmæs, ˈhæmæs/, US: /hɑːˈmɑːs, ˈhɑːmɑːs/; Arabic: حماس Ḥamās [ħaˈmaːs]),[34] officially the Islamic Resistance Movement (حركة المقاومة الإسلامية Ḥarakah al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist political and militant organization currently governing the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian territories. While it is headquartered in Gaza City, it also has a presence in the West Bank (the larger of the two Palestinian territories), in which Fatah exercises control. It is widely considered to be the “dominant political force” within the Palestinian territories.
tintory@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Like a Prison Gang in a Prison
lemonflavoured@kbin.social 8 months ago
Hamas aren’t the government.
De Facto they are.
DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Gaza is a de facto open-air prison
RedGee@feddit.uk 8 months ago
There was no anti semisism. If supporting pro Palestine under JC is anti-semitism?
Starmer will always be a traitor to the Labour party in my eyes. And Labour in it’s present form are no different than the Conservatives. Funded in part by the same people. This is why he is pro Israel. Ching Ching.
matt@lemmy.world 8 months ago
While this is true, politics is unfortunately about feelings and optics, not actual facts.
People believe that Labour is antisemitic, and therefore that impression is going to stick with people even if it might wholly be false.
I’m not a fan of Starmer either but politics is a stupid game and I’m not so sure a different response would be a good idea to the public, as much as he should have said literally anything else.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
He said they are within their right to do that which is within the remit of international laws. He added that part about international law after the host added seiging and resource deprivation to a list of potential rights of Israel.
Agree with you on the last part, he’s being extremely careful about the positioning for exactly that reason.
DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 8 months ago
At some point though, surely humanity and justice have to take precedence over politicking - I don’t think the need to tiptoe around issues like that is a good enough reason for excusing the collective punishment of 2 million people.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah I’m not vouching for his whole worldview on this, just pointing out that he didn’t say the sieging and resource denial is okay.
DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 8 months ago
I think he kinda did tbh.
I think the best you can say he didn’t do it on purpose. He clearly had a soundbite (‘Isreal has a right to defend itself within international law’), but maybe he didn’t actually listen to the question before using it?
peg@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not when you’re a Blairite. Nothing better than war and dead Muslims.