Labour's Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has made yet another gaff during a televised interview.
In a television interview with the BBC David Lammy has said that a diplomatic solution is required so that Lebanese can "return to their homes in Southern Israel".
Our position remains the same. Having spoken to our American colleagues and other allies, we're calling for an immediate ceasefire. We need a diplomatic solution to the problems in Lebanon so that Israelis can go back to their home in Northern Israel, and Lebanese can return to their homes in Southern Israel. So at this time, we want to see a political solution. The Amos Hochstein plan, which is on the table from the Americans, and an immediate cease fire.
We will continue to speak to the Israelis and indeed to other actors in the Middle East, at this time. None of us want to see a regional escalation. None of us want to return to the years in which Israel found itself bogged down in a quagmire in southern Lebanon and pitch battles, between Israeli soldiers and, of course, the Lebanese side. And that is why we believe that resolution 1701 should be implemented, that Hezbollah should withdraw up to the Litani River, so that Israelis can feel safe, in northern Israel.
But the way forward is a political solution, not a military one.
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