Wes Streeting said he hoped President Trump’s Middle East peace plan would succeed, stressing the urgency of the situation in Gaza where civilians and children are caught in “desperate” conditions. Speaking at Labour’s conference in Liverpool, the Health Secretary noted the plan had received backing not only from Israel but also key regional powers, raising hopes for progress towards a two-state solution. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00We are desperately hoping that the peace plan being put forward by President Trump will be successful.
00:06Just yesterday I heard from the team from Medical Aid for Palestinians on the ground in Gaza about the desperate situation there.
00:13A hundred innocent civilians in desperate situations in hospitals in Gaza surrounded by heavy military activity.
00:20A dozen babies fighting for their lives. So that underpins how urgent this is.
00:24What's giving us grounds for real hope today is that the plan that President Trump is putting forward has not just received a warm welcome from the Israelis but from the Jordanians, the Qataris, the Emiratis, the Egyptians, the Saudis, the regional powers who will be essential not just for helping to win the peace but then to secure it.
00:47And to make sure that we have a state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel so that Israelis and Palestinians can live peacefully and with security side by side in that two state solution we all want to see.
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