Cameron specified that the sanctions were an alternative to an arms embargo, which would have been inconsistent with UK policy to support Israel against Iran.
Both Ben-Gvir and Smotrich responded quickly, attacking Starmer for behaving as if Israel were still a British colony.
Britain and France have called an urgent meeting at the UNSC to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Britain is considering sanctioning ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.
The tribunal ruled that the belief that Israel is committing apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide are “worthy of respect in a democratic society”,
Mason said, "If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many."
The European Union also agreed to impose sanctions on seven people and seven organizations, including airline Iran Air, for their links to Iranian transfers of ballistic missiles to Russia.
The two protesters were part of the British pro-Palestinian group Youth Demand, aiming to protest UK arms sales to Israel.
Guardian writer Stuart Jeffries said, “Indeed, [the documentary] does a good job of demonizing Gazans, first as testosterone-crazed Hamas killers, later as shameless civilian looters..."
The protest calls for the British government to expel the Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely, and accused her of inciting genocide.
This comes after the number of antisemitic incidents in the UK doubled in the first half of 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023.
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