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Foreign Sec ADMITS Labour got it WRONG on Gaza in Select Committee grilling

Yvette Cooper was in front of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday where she was outlining the government's position on a number of international conflicts and geopolitical issues affecting the UK. Chair Emily Thornberry took Cooper up on the UK's complete lack of response to the ICJ's preliminary report on the situation in Gaza, and the UK's reluctance to stand up to Israel during it's campaign against the Palestinian people, whether in the West Bank or in Gaza. Other Labour MPs then took up the Foreign Secretary on other matters related to the conflict that government have failed to act on. Like PoliticsJOE? We need your support: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticsJOE 00:00 ICJ advisory opinion: Why hasn't the UK responded? 01:18 Foreign Secretary on international law and the ICJ 02:42 "Two years on, nothing" – frustration over the delay 03:30 Will the new Prime Minister decide the response? 05:03 No formal written response planned 05:53 Andy Burnham: "We didn't get Gaza right" 06:17 Foreign Secretary agrees Labour was too slow 07:06 What Labour says it has done on Gaza 08:12 Illegal settlements and stronger sanctions 09:17 Why didn't the UK act sooner on settlement goods? 10:10 Has Israel changed the government's position? 11:37 Why the committee says the UK should have acted earlier 12:54 Why is Britain following other countries? 13:32 Expanding sanctions on Israeli settlements 15:18 Why is this different from sanctions on Crimea? 16:50 Goods vs services: the legal challenge 18:05 Will the UK ban settlement trade? 19:13 Timeline for action on the E1 settlement 19:56 New UK envoy for complex detention cases 21:29 Detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safia 23:12 Human rights concerns in Israeli detention 24:47 Why hasn't the UK banned settlement trade? 25:56 Can sanctions be expanded for international law breaches? 27:00 Will the next Prime Minister go further?