{"id":567565,"date":"2026-09-17T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=567565"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:56:56","slug":"uk-to-no-longer-stand-by-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/uk-to-no-longer-stand-by-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"UK to no longer stand by Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> DUBAI<br \/>\nBritain will \u201cno longer stand by\u201d while Israel kills Palestinian children in Gaza, First Secretary of State Louise Haigh said on Tuesday, pledging to increase pressure on Tel Aviv over the war and illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton, Haigh said Prime Minister Andy Burnham was right to acknowledge that Britain had been \u201ctoo slow\u201d in its response to the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.<br \/>\n\u201cAt a time when it has never been more important to remind the world who we are, we hesitated,\u201d Haigh said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will no longer stand by while innocent Palestinian families are torn apart, while innocent children are killed in Gaza, and while the hope of a two-state solution evaporates before our eyes,\u201d she added.<br \/>\nHaigh said sanctions announced last week by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband were intended to \u201cchange course,\u201d adding that Britain was \u201cpurposefully targeting the illegal settlements\u201d and increasing pressure on the Israeli government. 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