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Former First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf condemns the UK government for its “cowardice” in not calling out Trump’s Gaza plan and “complicity” in supplying weapons to Israel. #Trump #Israel

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00:00And in terms of what the government down in London has been saying, the British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer in particular,
00:06I mean, what do you think of the kind of language that they've been using to describe the situation?
00:10And really as a follow-up to that question, do you get the impression perhaps they're a little bit scared of the Trump administration?
00:15Well, it's complete cowardice, really. But it's worse than that from the United Kingdom government.
00:19Cowardice, you know, is one thing. Complicity is a whole other.
00:25So we have a level of cowardice where Keir Starmer, the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, they're unable and unwilling to call it what it is, i.e. ethnic cleansing.
00:37They're unwilling to take a robust and strong line because they're worried about what that would mean in terms of implication for the relationship or the so-called special relationship,
00:47which only seems to be one way from where most of us observe.
00:52But the second thing is they are complicit. The United Kingdom government continues to supply arms to Israel despite the fact, of course,
00:59the head of the Israeli government, Benjamin Netanyahu, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and has an arrest warrant out for him.
01:08So we don't just have cowardice, I'm afraid, from the United Kingdom government and many other governments.
01:12But focusing on the UK government, we have complicity.

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