Netanyahu refused meeting with UK foreign minister: Report
The Israeli prime minister turned down an opportunity to meet with David Lammy during the British foreign minister’s visit to Israel on Friday, according to Israel’s Channel 13 News.
The broadcaster said Netanyahu was angered by the new British government’s decision to drop a challenge to the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction to issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister.
Al Jazeera could not immediately confirm the reports.
Lammy who was in Israel along with his French counterpart Stephane Sojourne on Friday said the pair met Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz as well as Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa.
Lammy, who was on a joint visit with French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne (left), did meet with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa (center) on Friday
‘Uncommitted’ delegates bring Gaza-war message to Democratic convention
It started as a last-minute effort in February: Organisers in Michigan hoped to use the state’s Democratic primary to send a message to President Joe Biden to end his support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
Six months later, Biden is no longer the Democratic presidential candidate. But the US’s “ironclad” support for the war continues. And so has the “uncommitted” movement, the protest effort born in Michigan.
Initially, the aim was to encourage primary voters across the country to cast their “uncommitted” ballots in protest of the war. But now that the primary season is over, the “uncommitted movement” has set its sights on a new platform: the Democratic National Convention.
People gather to protest a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris on August 14 in New York City
