British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced criticism for his comments regarding the attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen, with some accusing him of using Islamophobic tropes. Sunak stated that the attacks were unrelated to the Israel-Gaza conflict, leading to accusations of enabling the situation in Gaza. Labour MP Zarah Sultana demanded an apology from Conservative MP Andrew Percy for allegedly playing to a racist trope. The UN-recognized government in Yemen called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a stance opposed by the UK. Critics, including Chris Doyle, argued that the UK and US were attempting to separate the Houthi attacks from the situation in Gaza, which they claimed was not the case.
Rishi Sunak used an outrageous Islamophobic trope against @zarahsultana over Gaza. She talks to me about why it's dangerous - and the grim wider meaning 👇 https://t.co/BOqQjkKGOX https://t.co/KN3Ooo1iWs
CHRIS DOYLE EXPOSING THE US AND UK CLAIMS THAT THE ATTACK ON YEMENI HOUTHIS IS SEPARATE TO GAZA GENOCIDE “The UK and the US are trying to pretend... that somehow [what the Houthis are doing] it is completely separate from what is happening it Gaza. It is not” https://t.co/FYflVlEoDw
British Labour MP Zarah Sultana demanded an apology from Conservative MP Andrew Percy on Monday over the use of a "racist trope" after she asked British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak whether he would attempt to de-escalate the situation in Gaza and the Red Sea. https://t.co/KfumD1MRxN
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of using an Islamophobic trope that endangers "the safety" of Zarah Sultana, a Muslim MP, after he called on her to condemn Hamas and the Houthis during a heated debate on the Gaza war https://t.co/zRLoa4Jc45
This is the foreign minister of the UN recognised government in Yemen - the one the UK supports - telling the UK it is imperative to have an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, something the UK opposes. Sunak on Monday repeatedly said no link should be drawn between Houthi attacks on… https://t.co/me2ihQv05e
The only reason they are saying Houthi actions in the Red Sea are unrelated to Gaza is because THEY are enabling what's happening in Gaza. If that connection exists, then US-UK actions are in further service of the genocide unfolding there, and escalatory for the region. https://t.co/LoHfmPIZOW
'The idea that the deliberate targeting of Israel's two biggest international allies has nothing to do with what Israel is doing to Gaza, doesn't make sense to me.' @mrjamesob reflects on Rishi Sunak saying the strikes against the Houthis are 'completely unrelated' to the war. https://t.co/Kyg7pJGlJ6
"[He is] implying that because I am a muslim, I support Hamas." Conservative MP Andrew Percy is accused of “playing to a racist trope” by Labour's Zarah Sultana. https://t.co/f970t70Qa2
British MP Naz Shah asked UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to “reflect, withdraw, and apologise” over a comment he made to fellow MP Zarah Sultana earlier in a parliamentary session. She suggested that the comments made by the prime minister were ‘Islamophobic.’ https://t.co/ZpuQovYmx8
Immediately after Rishi Sunak used an Islamophobic trope against me in Parliament today, my friend and colleague @NazShahBfd challenged him directly. Thank you Naz! 🤍 https://t.co/jaNkMeEABh
🇾🇪🚨‼️British Prime Minister claims that what the Houthis are doing has nothing to do with what is going on in Gaza. -> Houthis literally say that and started after the war. What is Sunak again talking about? https://t.co/UvxGc5X2CT
Middle-East tension: Sunak says attacks on Houthi are unrelated to Israel-Gaza conflict https://t.co/RQC8Yq1pLX