https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-david-lammy-blasted-claiming-no-journalists-gaza

Journalists around the world condemn the British foreign secretary for erasing the work and suffering of Palestinian journalists

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been blasted for saying “there are no journalists in Gaza” at a meeting in parliament on Wednesday. 

Lammy was asked by fellow Labour MP Matthew Patrick at a House of Commons foreign affairs committee meeting about his assessment “of the nature of the conflict” in Gaza and “how that impinges on getting aid in”.

“As I said, there is now widespread looting,” Lammy said in his reply.

“There are no journalists in Gaza and there are no politicians such as me who are able to go to Gaza, so I am unable to verify who is behind the looting,” he added.

Journalists from around the world condemned the British foreign secretary for appearing to erase the work and suffering of Palestinian journalists – at least 127 of whom have been killed during the course of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Despite Lammy’s suggestion that the British government does not know who is looting aid because “there are no journalists” in Gaza, both reporters and the United Nations have established that gangs are looting aid with “protection” from Israel’s military.

There have even been numerous reports that Israel has actively armed gangs in Gaza. Israel has also blocked aid from reaching the besieged enclave throughout much of the war.

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dizzy: Israel’s genocides should be regarded as a shared venture involving the United States, United Kingdom and Israel.