Former British and French diplomats accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and urge international action to address the erasure of Palestine.

100 UK, French ex-ambassadors accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing in open letter Former British and French diplomats are urging action over what they say is Israel’s erasure of Palestine. More than 100 of those diplomats have penned a letter to the French President and the British Prime Minister calling for a ban on trade and arms sales to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ussoj_yi4

More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. An unprecedented joint letterdispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy. Arguing that Britain and France played a key role in the formation of the modern-day Middle East and noting that both countries took the step of recognising Palestine as a state in 2025, the diplomats contend that their countries now have a responsibility “to make common cause on the region’s fundamental fault line – equal rights for Israeli and Palestinians”. The letter, addressed to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the British prime minister, Andy Burnham, has been signed by 52 French former diplomats and 50 British former ambassadors, many of whom served in the Middle East, in senior posts in Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/uk-france-diplomats-israel-palestine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/uk-france-diplomats-israel-palestine #Palestine #Israel #Foreignpolicy #Gaza #Politics #UKnews #France #WestBank #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Europe #TheGuardian #PatrickWintourDiplomaticeditor

Former British and French diplomats urge ACTION over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine "More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent ACTION including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. An unprecedented joint letter dispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy. Arguing that Britain and France played a key role in the formation of the modern-day Middle East and noting that both countries took the step of recognising Palestine as a state in 2025, the diplomats contend that their countries now have a responsibility “to make common cause on the region’s fundamental fault line – equal rights for Israeli and Palestinians”." Meanwhile unAustralian Labor is once again silent on the matter.. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/uk-france-diplomats-israel-palestine #NoMoreComplicity #ACTIONS #News #AUSPol #UKPol #CANPol #FREpol #Activism #Gaza #Palestine #HumanRights