BPC Director, Sara Husseini, speaks to Al-Arabiya about the horrific situation in Gaza and the hypocrisy of the UK govt's recent statement while it continues to provide military support to Israel.

BPC Director highlights a few concrete steps for the UK govt to "alleviate the suffering of civilians in Gaza", as demonstrated by Hague Group states: ✅ preventing the provision or transfer of arms ✅ preventing the transit, docking, and servicing of vessels at any port with

I'm sharing an interview I did with Wafaa Shamallakh and Ali Mousa last month who both have family in Gaza. Wafaa and Ali, who both live in the UK share devastating details of the hunger and fear their family members endure every day British Palestinian Committee

"So Britain, rather than continuing to double down and support a state that sits in the dock for genocide, Britain should really be... leading on fulfilling its duties to the Palestinian people, both morally and legally." - BPC Director, Sara Husseini

While starving Gaza and its 80% refugee population, Israel is expanding its war on Palestinian refugees—and on their very ‘refugee-ness’—in the West Bank. Our updated analysis shows that the Israeli military is continuing to carve up the refugee camps of Tulkarm, Jenin and Nur

EXCLUSIVE: British Palestinians have called on Starmer to take three key steps ahead of his emergency Gaza cabinet meeting. British Palestinian Committee said the govt should stop focusing on the ‘symbolic gesture’ of a Palestinian state and take immediate action 👇 news.sky.com/story/pm-urged…

British Palestinians have called on Sir Keir Starmer to take "immediate, concrete" steps on Gaza instead of "focusing on a symbolic gesture" of recognising it as a state ahead of an emergency cabinet meeting. news.sky.com/story/pm-urged…

“Condemnatory statements, limited sanctions, and symbolic recognitions will not end the genocide and must not be used to deflect from accountability.” Our letter to Keir Starmer ahead of today’s emergency Cabinet meeting on Gaza. Read full letter here: britpalcommittee.co.uk/lettertothepm

"Why do you think the prime minister chose to do this in this moment?" - Yalda Hakim "My sense is that it is an attempt to diffuse pressure" - Sara Husseini, Director of the British Palestinian Committee. trib.al/7sGKL9p 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

"I think your viewers will see this so called historic moment... for what it really is. An essentially performative gesture that is aimed at allowing the govt to put off taking effective action" Aimee Shalan from the British Palestinian Committee on yesterdays announcement by the govt 🎯

"Recognition is being used as a tool thats being taken to avoid taking those concrete steps that are needed to prevent & punish Israel's genocide.. the UK govt should be applying immediate & comprehensive sanctions on Israel" Aimee Shalan from the British Palestinian Committee

.Aimee Shalan from the British Palestinian Committee: "The UK govt should be applying immediate & comprehensive sanctions on Israel as a state that is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity" Wilfred Frost: "Which is yet to be proven"

“Instead of focusing on condemnatory statements & symbolic recognition, the Prime Minister should rather recognise the genocide & take immediate, active measures to end it - as well Britain’s own participation in it”. Sara Husseini Director of British Palestinian Committee on Sky News

“What has been needed for the past 21 months and the decades of violent military occupation that preceded October 2023 - is an urgent end to Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza and immediate accountability for war crimes.” BPC Director Sara Husseini on LBC

“We heard David Lammy saying the time has come to “abate” the suffering of the Palestinian people. It is worth noting that he says “abate” and not END. 147 countries have already recognised Palestine & yet Israel is still continuing its genocidal assault”. BPC Chair Aimee Shalan

"... [T]he British Palestinian Committee urged Starmer to take tougher action against Israel ahead of the meeting. "Condemnatory statements, limited sanctions, and symbolic recognitions will not end the genocide and must not be used to deflect from accountability," it wrote in a

Legal expert and BPC Advisory Council member Nimer Sultany: "We need to remember that Israel has been occupying... a large number of Arab & Palestinian land including the Golan Heights, the West Bank, Gaza since 1967. The ICJ ruled in July 2024 that Israel has been violating

Politicians, pundits & journalists can't pretend they didn't know, because people were calling out what Israel was doing from the very start. Genocide. Every clip in this compilation is from October 2023.

“By granting Israel impunity from accountability and by arming this rogue state, the west has enabled these atrocities.” Nimer Sultany theguardian.com/commentisfree/…