The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold.
UK Labour Party delegates pass non-binding motion urging government to declare Gaza war a ‘genocide’
Delegates of the UK’s ruling Labour Party have voted to back a non-binding motion urging the government to recognize Israel’s war in Gaza as a “genocide,” at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool.
The motion made no mention of Hamas or the 48 hostages still held captive in Gaza, and called for the British government to “fully suspend the arms trade with Israel and the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement,” the BBC reports.
Delegates favored the motion over a different resolution, which had called for the UK to impose sanctions on the Israeli government as a way to pressure it to “respect international law,” while at the same time “continue to demand the immediate release of all hostages,” the BBC report adds.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who served as the UK’s foreign secretary until a recent reshuffle, said in response to the demand for the government to declare the war in Gaza a “genocide,” that it was “for the [International Court of Justice] with their judges and judiciary, and for the [International Criminal Court], to determine the issue of genocide in relation to the convention.”
“It is not for politicians like me to do that,” he added.
The move was criticized by Labour Councillor for Stratford on Newham, Joshua Garfield, a member of the Jewish Labour Movement.
The motion “ignores Hamas entirely,” Garfield said ahead of the vote. “If we pass the motion, what would we be saying?”
“Don’t do a disservice for Palestinians fighting for peace or Israelis fighting for coexistence,” he said, in remarks cited by the Jewish Chronicle.
In video statement, Netanyahu claims Trump plan will allow IDF to remain in Gaza, rules out Palestinian statehood
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza in a video statement from Washington, where, earlier in the day, he stood side by side with the US President and gave the stamp of approval to the proposal.
“It was a historic visit,” he says. “Instead of Hamas isolating us, we turned things around and isolated Hamas.
“Now the whole world, including the Arab and Muslim world, is pressuring Hamas to accept the terms that we created together with Trump, to bring back all the hostages — the living and the dead — while the IDF stays in the Strip.”
His remarks appeared to misrepresent a portion of Trump’s plan, which was published online by the White House, as it does not envision the IDF remaining in the Strip indefinitely, but rather withdrawing gradually and handing over the an international security force.
“Who would have believed it,” he says of Trump’s vision, claiming that until now, Israel had been told to accept Hamas’s demands and to allow it to stay and rebuild inside the war-torn enclave.
The person behind the camera inquires as to whether Netanyahu had agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian state, which the premier quickly denies.
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“Absolutely not,” he says. “It’s not written in the agreement.”
“We said we would strongly oppose a Palestinian state,” he adds, claiming Trump is in agreement with him that it would be a “massive prize for terror.”
Again, this appeared to be somewhat of a misrepresentation of the plan, as point 19 states that after Gaza is redeveloped and the Palestinian Authority is deemed to have carried out the necessary reforms, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.
Report: Israel willing to pay compensation to family of Qatari security officer killed in Doha strike
Israel has expressed willingness to pay compensation to the family of the Qatari security officer who was killed in Israel’s strike against Hamas leaders in Doha, the Kan public broadcaster reports, citing an Israeli official.
The report follows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology to Qatar this evening over the strike, though it is unclear at what point Israel conveyed such willingness.
The network notes that such a case would not be unprecedented. In 2016, Israel paid Turkey $20 million in compensation for the deadly storming of an aid ship in 2010 as a key component of a deal signed to restore ties after a six-year rift.
Senior security officials were surprised by Netanyahu’s apology and had not been briefed in advance, the report adds.
The Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
Israeli man killed in apparent attempt to smuggle contraband over Egyptian border
An Israeli man, apparently involved in attempting to smuggle contraband over the Egyptian border into Israel, was killed during an army chase.
The military says that during the incident several hours ago, soldiers operating surveillance cameras spotted several suspects on the Israeli-Egyptian border and dispatched troops to the scene.
As the troops arrived, the suspects tried to flee in a car. The IDF says the suspects’ car crashed into an army vehicle and overturned, with one of the suspects inside being killed.
No soldiers were hurt in the incident, the military says.
The IDF believes that the suspects were attempting to smuggle contraband over the border using drones.
In the past year, there have been frequent attempts to bring weapons and drugs over the Egyptian border using drones.