Wes Streeting hits back at Israel over Glastonbury row: ‘Put your own house in order’

Wes Streeting condemns anti-IDF chants at Glastonbury but tells Israel to 'get your own house in order'Source: Sky News

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00:00This wasn't just about the people on stage, the Israeli embassy said last night that when such

00:06messages are delivered before tens of thousands of festival goers and met with applause, it raises

00:12serious concerns about the normalisation of extremist language and the glorification of

00:17violence. This was as much about the audience as it was about the performers, wasn't it?

00:23Well, I'd say two things in response to those words from the Israeli embassy. Firstly, I do think that

00:32if I take the equivalent of the war in Ukraine, I'm unequivocal about which side of that war I'm on.

00:39I want Ukraine to win. Would I be celebrating or chanting for the death of Russian soldiers?

00:45No, I want to see an end to the war and I want to see an end to the conflict. I'd also say to the

00:51Israeli embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens

00:57and the settlers in the West Bank. So I think there's a serious point there by the Israeli

01:03embassy I take seriously. I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians

01:08their own citizens more seriously.