Comment on Israel 'has a right' to withhold power and water from citizens in Gaza - Starmer
DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 8 months agoI think he kinda did tbh.
I think the best you can say he didn’t do it on purpose. He clearly had a soundbite (‘Isreal has a right to defend itself within international law’), but maybe he didn’t actually listen to the question before using it?
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It was certainly a sound bite. But he only clarified “within international law” after the line of questioning became about the siege and resource denial, so he did actively change/update the sound bite to address that specific thing.
He did somewhat seem on auto pilot with it after hearing the question, so I could believe he might choose to phrase it less poorly given a second chance, but It’s pretty presumptuous.
DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 8 months ago
It’s the sort of thing he could clarify in an apology I think.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
He should apologize for not condoning the siege? I don’t think that would be a politically savvy choice.
DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 8 months ago
… unintentionally endorsing collective punishment.