The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shared the U.K.-led peace plan for the Middle East with United States President Donald Trump during the President’s visit to Scotland.
Starmer has worked on the plan with France and Germany over the weekend during an emergency call with the countries' leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz.
“The Prime Minister welcomed the President’s efforts to secure this, and shared the plans he is working on with other European leaders to bring about a lasting peace,” a No 10 spokesperson said.
While specifics of the plan have not been released yet, Sanders said the proposal would also be presented to allies, including Arab states, in the coming days.
Starmer said the British are “revolted” by the images they’re seeing in Gaza and urged Trump to help set up new food centres in Gaza without fences after the U.S.-led arrangement had led to the killing of many Palestinians.
“It’s a humanitarian crisis, it’s an absolute catastrophe,” Starmer said.
“Nobody wants to see that. I think people in Britain are revolted at seeing what they’re seeing on their screens, so we’ve got to get to that ceasefire.”
Israel has announced that it would suspend fighting in Gaza in three areas for 10 hours a day and open secure routes for aid delivery. Meanwhile, the U.K. confirmed it was taking part in plans led by Jordan to airdrop aid into the territory.
The WHO has also said that malnutrition in Gaza has reached “alarming levels”.
In response, Trump has told Israel to allow “every ounce of food” into Gaza after being pressed by Starmer.
“We can save a lot of people, I mean some of those kids. That’s real starvation; I see it and you can’t fake that. So we’re going to be even more involved,” Trump said.
“We’re giving money and we’re giving food, but we’re over here … I want him to make sure they get the food.”
