On a call with Joe Biden this weekend, the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Israel’s demand for security control over Gaza once Hamas has been destroyed, and said that this was incompatible with Palestinian sovereignty. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps described Netanyahu’s views as ‘disappointing’, and said that the two-state solution is the only option. However, he described Israel’s government as a ‘rainbow coalition’, and said it was important to distinguish between the view’s of Netanyahu as an individual, and the UK’s support for Israel as a country.
Is the UK preparing for war with Russia?
Nato military chief Admiral Rob Bauer claimed this week that the West could be at war with Russia within 20 years. On GB News, Camilla Tominey asked Grant Shapps if he agreed with this view. Shapps said it wasn’t inevitable, but NATO needed to be prepared, and Putin must not be allowed to succeed in Ukraine.
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