Role at the time: Conservative Foreign Secretary.
Recorded excerpt
I have received assurances from the Israeli President to that effect.
The exchange and context
Asked in what circumstances cutting off water, fuel, food and electricity was legal, Cleverly said interpretations of international humanitarian law were debated and that he had raised compliance with Israeli counterparts. He referred to assurances from the Israeli president.
What this records
His recorded answer did not set out circumstances in which the cutoff would be lawful. That observation concerns the answer itself; it does not establish what private advice ministers received.
Sources: S55.
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