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this morning after she asked him to give his support to the people of Gaza in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory strikes on the region.of Gaza in response, with the country’s defence minister Yoav Gallant describing those responsible for the attacks on his country as “human animals”.
But Burley told him: “I understand that but it’s not quite answering my question. You could take this opportunity to offer public support to those people in Gaza that are under seige at the moment - no water, no electricity, no food.”Cleverly replied: “Implicit in your question is this idea that somehow if we say something about one country we have to say something about another ...”The foreign secretary said: “Yes I know, absolutely.
But Burley said: “I’m not saying that at all, foreign secretary ... what about the people in Gaza who have no food, no electricity, no water. Do you have a word for them?” “They are not militants. They are not freedom fighters. They are terrorists. Their barbaric acts, are acts of evil. There is no other word to describe what we have seen.
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