Lee Harpin
Political Editor at The Jewish News
Journalist. Politics for Jewish News. https://t.co/TfYLaowZle . Some PR. Music, football, cricket, and stuff. Views my own
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5 days ago |
jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin
David Lammy has declined to say whether US military strikes in Iran were legal under international law while adding: “I don’t say it’s not legitimate.”Asked about the lawfulness of the strikes, the Foreign Secretary told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Well, we weren’t involved, it’s for the Americans to discuss those issues.” Meanwhile in a post on X, Shadow Attorney General Lord Wolfson set out his view on why the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were, in his view, legal.
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6 days ago |
jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin
Iran has been accused of deliberately misrepresenting comments made by David Lammy during a phone call with Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Sunday. Lammy spoke to his Iranian counterpart and repeated the UK’s long standing opposition to Iran ever acquiring a nuclear weapon and stressed the need for restraint in the aftermath of the US strikes on the regime’s nuclear facilities.
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1 week ago |
jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin
Ex-MI6 chief Sir John Sawers has said a “strong case” exists for Donald Trump to attack Iranian nuclear sites with bunker-busting bombs, but that the UK should not get involved with any action. Sawers, who was head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 2009 to 2014, also said it was likely that the Americans would use the Diego Garcia base, leaving Keir Starmer with a “straightforward decision” to give the go ahead for them to use it.
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1 week ago |
jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin
The UK has helped defend Israel from attacks in the past but the on-going conflict with Iran represents a “different scenario”, a Downing Street spokesperson has said. Emphasising the government’s view that Israel has a need to “protect its security and its people”, a spokesperson for Keir Starmer added”Israel, like all states, has a right to self-defence. “Our priority is stability in the Middle East, further escalation is in no one’s interests.
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1 week ago |
jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said the Conservative party would support the government if it joined the military fight against Iran. Asked whether she would agree if the UK joined the offensive, Patel told Good Morning Britain: “While we want peace in the region, we’re crystal clear that Iran should not be able to obtain nuclear weapons.
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