"Foreign minister Hamish Falconer refused to answer questions yesterday about the UK government’s failure to stop British nationals fighting for the Israeli army in Gaza (via @declassifieduk.org ) #UK #Gaza
"Good day, Foreign Minister Bill from Declassified UK. Are you worried that war criminals might be walking the streets of Britain? I'm just on my way to answer an urgent question in the House of Commons, so you'll hear from me first from there. Are you going to talk about what you're doing to stop British nationals fighting in the Israeli army in Gaza? I'll be answering the questions of my colleagues shortly, so you'll be able to catch me there rather than here. There's more than 2,000 British nationals who've fought in the Israeli army since 2023. Are you not worried that some of them might come back to the UK? Are you doing enough to try and screen British nationals who've fought for Israel? I'll be answering, I'm sure, a whole range of questions in Parliament in a second. I've seen the order list, I don't think this is on the list though, is it? I mean, it's a fairly straightforward question. Why aren't you stopping British nationals fighting for Israel while the UN says there's a genocide going on? Isn't that a fairly reasonable thing for the Foreign Office to do? I suggest your viewers tune in to BBC Parliament and I'm sure they'll be able to see lots of questions. So that was the Middle East Minister, Hamish Faulkner, there, refusing to answer our questions about what his department is doing to investigate British nationals who've fought for the Israeli army in Gaza. We know there's more than 2,000 British nationals who've served in the IDF since 2023. Many of them will have been deployed to Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly said there's a genocide taking place. The UK is a signatory to the Genocide Convention, it's a member of the International Criminal Court. It should, by law, be investigating British nationals involved in war crimes. And yet when it comes to those who've fought for the IDF, they seem to be running away from even answering questions about it. More than 25,000 of you have signed a letter demanding that the Foreign Office and the Home Office start investigating this matter seriously and screen for potential IDF soldiers coming back through British airports. Hamish Faulkner there clearly didn't want to answer questions about that."
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"Foreign minister Hamish Falconer refused to answer questions yesterday about the UK government’s failure to stop British nationals fighting for the Israeli army in Gaza (via @declassifieduk.org ) #UK #Gaza