UK minister says accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza ‘extraordinarily offensive’

Andrew Mitchell, a Minister of State in the UK Foreign Office, said on Monday that accusations of Israel committing genocide in Gaza are ‘extraordinarily offensive’ and ‘totally wrong’. His statements come after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that evidence suggests there is a plausible case of Israel committing genocide in Gaza.

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