Shadow defence secretary John Healey said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer wanted to bring people with him ‘like a good leader’.
The shadow defence secretary has acknowledged Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to the Israel-Hamas conflict has “caused hurt to many people”.
Asked on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme if he accepted Mr Sarwar’s criticism that Sir Keir’s approach has caused hurt to Muslim voters, Mr Healey said: “I accept that it’s caused hurt to many people and Keir Starmer would do that as well.“His concern is twofold and he says that at present this is not the right time for now. First, because Israel must have the right to self-defence, it must have the right to go after the Hamas fighters and its missile launchers.
He said a humanitarian pause is a “break in fighting that allows some of the things that we all want to see, especially the alleviation of Palestinian suffering, to take place”, adding: “In the end, what matters is what stands the best chance of working, and in a conflict like this small steps can lead to a bigger breakthrough.“Keir Starmer is not a protest leader. He understands why people are calling for a ceasefire.
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