UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy warned he could 'end up in The Hague' over Gaza 'cowardice'
Conservative MP Kit Malthouse addressed Lammy in the House of Commons on Monday after the foreign secretary announced that the UK and 24 other countries were once again urging Israel to commit to a ceasefire.
Lammy said that the UK was setting aside £60m ($84m) in humanitarian assistance to Gaza. But the Labour MP for Tottenham stopped short of suggesting his government would be recognising a Palestinian state - which he is under pressure from MPs to do so ahead of a UN conference at the end of this month.
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