Simon Fraser
@SimonFraser00
Co-founder and managing partner @FlintGlobal. Former UK diplomat and civil servant. International business, foreign policy, politics, social mobility, sport.
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22-11-2012 10:48:38
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There’s a trickle of aid going into Gaza right now, as the population faces imminent famine. There needs to be a deluge. For every hour that the war goes on, the desperate need increases.
I spoke to Alex Wagner Tonight about the situation on the ground and the work of IRC - International Rescue Committee:
“David Cameron has given a more distinctive voice to British foreign policy” Flint Global managing partner @simonfraser00 tells Lucy Fisher FT World News
‘’The time has now come to review the policy…at least for the disrespect on international humanitarian law that has happened on Israel's side.’’
David Cameron could cut aid support due to possible breaches of humanitarian international law by the Israelis, says Simon Fraser
My appeal BBC Radio 4 Today yesterday for the UK to suspend arms exports to Israel seems to have generated some interest. It was not a knee-jerk reaction to one awful incident. The deaths of the 7 aid workers brought into sharp focus a deep underlying problem. This was my argument 1/6
The devastating Israeli airstrikes that killed World Central Kitchen personnel yesterday bring the number of aid workers killed in this conflict to 196 – including more than 175 members of our own United Nations staff.
This is unconscionable.
What a dark day for opera in the UK. As ENO gives its last performance before the whole company is fired and re-hired as a seasonal company, it is announced that WNO is reducing orchestra contracts. Presumably other departments will also be cut. Arts Council England is a disgrace. 😡😢