After weeks of abandonment, with dozens – mainly children – dying daily of starvation, living in almost total exclusion from basic survival supplies, O, took distances from the prime minister who claims that there is no political starvation in and referred to people,
Speaking next to the British Prime Minister at the Golf resort in Turnbury, Scotland, the US president said the United States has given humanitarian aid of $ 60 million and other countries would have to increase their help.
He said he discussed the issue with European Commission President Ursula von der Laien yesterday, Sunday and told her that European countries should greatly increase their help. He said he also plans to discuss the humanitarian situation with Starmer during his visit today.
“We give a lot of money and a lot of food, and other countries are now increasing” [τη βοήθειά τους]said Trump. “It’s a mess. They have to get food and security now. “
Starmer agreed, adding: “It’s a humanitarian crisis, right? It is an absolute disaster … I think people in Britain are revolting seeing what they see on their screens. “
After meeting with Starmer, Trump returned to Gaza’s humanitarian aid, saying that the US will work with other countries to provide more supplies, including food and hygiene products.
“We will install food distribution centers,” no fences, no limits, Trump said, with Starmer describing the humanitarian situation in Gaza as “absolutely unacceptable” and noted that food should soon be transferred to the enclave.
“We need to push other countries to assist in order to enter this help (in the enclave) and yes, this involves putting pressure on Israel because it is a humanitarian disaster,” he said.
Trump movements for the release of hostages and the silence for… Macron
The US president has said it has been difficult in recent days to handle the Palestinian Islamist organization, but is discussing with Israeli Prime Minister “various plans” to release hostages that are still held in the enclave.
Trump criticized Hamas for not agreeing to release more hostages, dead and alive, and told Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s approach would need to be changed. “I told Bibi that you might have to do it in a different way,” Trump said, echoing similar comments he had made on Sunday.
The US president underlined the importance of releasing the hostages, saying that the Palestinian organization changed its position and refuses to release others.
Hamas has said that she is willing to release hostages under a ceasefire agreement with Israel. She submitted her response to a ceasefire proposal with the US support on Thursday, in talks in Doha. Hours later, Israel withdrew its delegation from talks.
Answering a question if a ceasefire is still possible, Trump said, “Yes, a ceasefire is possible, but you have to secure it, you have to finish it.” He didn’t explain what he meant.
On Sunday, Trump said that Israel should make a decision on the next steps, adding: “I know what I would do, but I don’t think I have to say it.”
As for French President Emmanuel Macron’s expressed plans to recognize a Palestinian state, Trump answered a question that he would not comment.
Starmer plans for Palestine
The Trump and Starmer talks have focused on much on the Gaza Strip, whose population suffers “indescribable suffering and famine”, as Downing Street emphasized.
Earlier on Monday, however, a spokesman for the British Prime Minister said that the Palestinians had a “inalienable right to state status” and that it is a “issue of when, not if” will recognize the United Kingdom in Palestine as a state. Although he avoided giving details before the public announcement, he made it clear that the recognition of a Palestinian state is part of the course of two states and is part of a wider context that ensures the security of both the Palestinians and the Israeli.
Starmer, who is under pressure to recognize a Palestinian state after Macron’s announcement that Paris will do so at the UN General Assembly in September, had rejected such a possibility on Friday, explaining that London would only proceed with such recognition.
However, on Sunday, the Financial Times wrote that Starmer would recall his cabinet from his summer vacation to discuss the situation in Gaza. His office did not respond immediately to a Reuters agency request to comment on the report.
The newspaper said the move to convene the cabinet this week was made on Sunday by Downing Street. The British Parliament and the Council of Ministers are currently on a summer vacation until September 1st.
More than 220 MPs from all parties, about one -third of the members of the House of Commons, in a letter to Starmer, called on him to recognize a Palestinian state.
Successive British governments have stated that they will officially recognize a Palestinian state when the time comes, without ever setting a timetable or defining the conditions.
