UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer avoided questions from Declassified as he welcomed Israel’s president to Downing Street yesterday.
Isaac Herzog was greeted outside No 10, where he was said to be on a mission to stop the UK from recognising a Palestinian state.
Calling out from the press pen opposite, Declassified asked Herzog: “Are you a war criminal? Are you presiding over genocide in Gaza?”
As he stood on the steps of Downing Street with Keir Starmer, we asked the prime minister: “Why are you shaking hands with a man who said there are no innocents in Gaza? Are you complicit in genocide?”
The question referred to Herzog’s comments after the October 7 attack in 2023, in which he advocated for collective punishment.
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“It’s an entire nation out there that is responsible,” he said of Palestinians living in Gaza. “This rhetoric about civilians not aware, not involved, it’s absolutely not true.
“They could’ve risen up, they could have fought against that evil regime,” Herzog added. “We will fight until we break their backbone.”
His words were used as evidence against Israel in the genocide case at the International Court of Justice. He has also hand-signed bombs before they were dropped on Gaza.
Produced by: Declassified UK
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