During the PMQs, the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer confirmed that its government is looking at putting sanctions against Israeli Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, who are serving in Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet.
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00:00and asking that ministers in the review will listen to the voices of carers throughout.
00:05Can I turn to the Middle East now?
00:08Israeli Finance Minister Smotrych had said that starving 2 million people in Gaza
00:14might be justified and moral.
00:17National Security Minister Ben-Gvir called settlers who killed a 19-year-old on the West Bank heroes.
00:25After my visit to Israel and Palestine last February, having witnessed the damage
00:29that these extremist ministers in the Netanyahu government are doing,
00:34I called on the last government to sanction them.
00:37The last government refused, but we now learn that the former Foreign Secretary was considering this.
00:43So will the Prime Minister now sanction ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrych?
00:48We are looking at that because they're obviously abhorrent comments, as he rightly says,
00:54along with other really concerning activity in the West Bank.
00:59But also across the region, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire.
01:05The death toll has surpassed 42,000, and access to basic services is becoming much harder.
01:13And Israel must take all possible steps to avoid civilian casualties,
01:18to allow aid into Gaza in much greater volume,
01:21and provide the UN and humanitarian partners the ability to operate effectively.
01:27Mr Speaker, along with France, the UK will convene an urgent meeting
01:31of the UN Security Council to address this.