Cameron has previously called on all parties in the Middle East to work for a two-state solution (Reuters)
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Tuesday he was concerned that Israel may have taken action in Gaza that could violate international law.
Receiving questions from parliament's foreign affairs committee, Cameron said: "Am I concerned that Israel has taken action that may violate international law because this particular place has been bombed or something else? Yes.. Of course."
In mid-December, Cameron and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, called on all sides in the Middle East to work for a two-state solution once the killing (Israel's war on the Gaza Strip) stops, and expressed the cruelty of the heartbreaking moment of seeing so many children killed or injured.
In a joint article in The Times, the two ministers said that no one wants to see this conflict last for a moment longer than necessary, and expressed their conviction that even in the darkest moments, they can "change this desperate situation for the better, as we share the yearning for peace in the Middle East, as elsewhere in the world."
While acknowledging Israel's right to defend itself, they argue that it must first abide by international humanitarian law, and that it will not win this war if it destroys the prospects for peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians, noting that it has the right to eliminate the threat posed by Hamas, but it must do more to adequately distinguish between "terrorists" and civilians, many of whom have been killed.
Source: Al Jazeera + Reuters