Role at the time: Labour Leader of the Opposition; not a government minister.
The question
Cutting off power, cutting off water?
Recorded excerpt
I think that Israel does have that right.
The exchange and context
Ferrari was asking whether a siege was appropriate and named power and water. Those essentials, rather than medicine, are the terms in this exchange. In the same answer Starmer also said action should comply with international law and returned to Israel’s right to defend itself.
What this records
The affirmative answer followed a direct question about cutting off civilian essentials. Recording that sequence is more accurate than turning the answer into a general statement about self-defence.
Sources: S53.
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