Greens press SNP over secret Israeli ambassador meeting
It has come to light that the Scottish Government had called Israel a "critical friend", despite publicly denouncing the atrocities it has carried out amidst the genocide in Gaza.
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In response, Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said to The National: 'Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, yet the SNP still think it's acceptable to be 'critical friends' with a regime that's blatantly committing war crimes against innocent civilians.
'This is beyond shameful.
'This meeting with the Israeli regime stands in stark contrast with the SNP's stated opposition to the occupation of Gaza and the ongoing genocide.
'They rightly criticise the UK Government's disgraceful complicity, but when it comes to taking action in Scotland, time and again they have failed to deliver.'
The report follows a 10-month freedom of information (FoI) battle between the Government and The Ferret, where an unnamed Scottish official said: 'Transparency is obviously a good thing, but it takes up such a lot of our time.'
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The FoI requests were prompted after Grudsky shared an image on Twitter/X of her and Robertson, which left a 'schism' within the SNP.
'If the Scottish Government truly considers Israel's vicious government as any kind of friend, then why did they spend 10 months trying to keep these minutes from the public?', Harvie continued.
'We urgently need John Swinney and the Scottish Government to explain why their minister was cosying up to Netanyahu's representative in a secret meeting.'
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