People condemning Russia but not Israel are hypocrites, says Yousaf | Former first minister makes apparent swipe at Sir Keir Starmer after PM hit out at Russian bombing of Kyiv hospital
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People condemning Russia but not Israel are hypocrites, says Yousaf | Former first minister makes apparent swipe at Sir Keir Starmer after PM hit out at Russian bombing of Kyiv hospital
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People who condemn Russia but not Israel are hypocrites, Humza Yousaf has said in an apparent swipe at Sir Keir Starmer.
Mr Yousaf, the former Scottish first minister and SNP leader, compared Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine with Benjamin Netanyahu’s bombardment of Gaza following the Oct 7 Hamas terror attacks.
Sir Keir, the Prime Minister, said Putin was guilty of “the most depraved of actions” after Kyiv’s main children’s hospital was struck on Monday in a Russian missile barrage that killed at least 22 people.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Yousaf said: “If you rightly condemn Russia for their depravity as they bomb hospitals and kill children, but continue to sell arms to Israel, who have killed over 14,000 children (and counting) and destroyed Gaza’s hospitals with impunity, then you are a hypocrite. Simple.”
Labour lost support among Muslim and Left-wing voters at the general election after it initially refused to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
In contrast, the SNP demanded an end to the fighting in November last year and proposed a parliamentary motion that prompted a flurry of resignations from Sir Keir’s frontbench.
The Prime Minister said before the election that any decision on future weapons sales to Israel would depend on legal advice seen by the Government.
Speaking to Mr Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, last weekend, Sir Keir told him there was a “clear and urgent” need for a ceasefire in Gaza after nine months of conflict. He offered condolences for the deaths of 1,200 people in the Oct 7 massacre and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into the West Bank.
In a separate call with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, Sir Keir said Palestine had an “undeniable right” to be recognised as a state as part of a two-state solution.
Pro-Palestinian candidates effectively became the sixth-largest party in Parliament when five independents who led their campaigns on the issue were returned as MPs on Thursday.
Misplaced sentiment here. Ukraine does not have a terrorist organisation storing weapons under hospitals and schools, nor is its intent to wipe out the russian nation.
The russian targeting of the children’s cancer hospital is the work of the worst dregs of humanity.
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The telegraph’s a tory paper so they should be happy about an ‘apparent swipe’.
Hamas Useless, the ant white racist says something.
Yawn
Because Israel is a part of the West. Russia is a part of the East. West countries support any fight against the East.
When Ukraine starts launching attacks from the hospital then he will have a point
Typical of this crowd. Pretending that a country defending itself from invasion is equivalent to a terrorist group who explicitly target civilians. Get back to us when Ukraine inserts its soldiers into a Russian festival camp and starts executing people.
Lots of ‘I don’t like dead kids **but**’ arguments being used by our beloved allies genocide deflection crew.
Well done guys, you really are the worst.
I’ve had a fair bit of sympathy for Humza’s comments on Gaza since I know his family are all tied up in this.
But this is genuinly repulsive. I’m very glad he’s no longer FM.
Russia and Isreal are both being fuckwits. I really hate what they are doing to civvies, and it’s deliberate some of the time. This will end someday and I hope there is accountabilty for the Individuals who have done the wrong thing.
Ukraine did not enter Russia and slaughter 1500 civilians to start a war.
People who condemn Isreal but not Hamas are hypocrites
Further SNP first minister cosying up to Russia? It’s becoming a habit.
Using an attack on a hospital to push your agenda is pretty nasty of Yousaf but if he’s going to do that, then where is his condemnation of his mate Edrogan in Turkey?
Humza has an absolute cheek saying anyone is a hypocrite. During his tenure when everything kicked off in Palestine he thought it apt to go meet Erdogan regardless of his actions in Syria or against the Kurds. Classic. Politician tho. Nothing but projection.
Come on; it’s fucking disgusting how the world has no sympathy for the thousands of innocent Palestinians who have (at an absolute best case scenario) had their lives changed. Did we not see the man holding his headless child?