Lammy described the war as intolerable. He stressed at meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials that the United Kingdom wants to support diplomatic efforts “to reach an agreement and create the space for a credible and irreversible path to a two-state solution.”

On his second international trip after his Labor Party won the election in the Uk, the diplomat met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

Lammy expects to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday and later he will hold talks with relatives of hostages held in Gaza who have ties to the UK, according to the agenda published in this capital.

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