Israel should ‘get its own house in order’: UK minister

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UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Israel needs to “get your own house in order” and take violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers “more seriously,” Anadolu Agency reports.

His remarks came after a performance at Glastonbury Festival where rapper Bobby Vylan, from the British rap punk duo Bob Vylan, led chants including “Free, free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF”.

Streeting called pro-Palestine chants at Glastonbury Festival by rapper Bobby Vylan, from the British rap punk duo Bob Vylan, “appalling” but urged the Israeli government to examine its own actions, particularly regarding violence by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli embassy condemned the performance on social media, warning that it raised concerns about the “normalisation of extremist language and the glorification of violence.”

“I’d also say to the Israeli embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens and the settlers in the West Bank,” Streeting told Sky News.

“So, you know, I think there’s a serious point there by the Israeli embassy I take seriously. I wish they’d take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously.”

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