British Health Secretary Wes Streeting privately said in July 2025 that Israel was “committing war crimes before our eyes” and endorsed sanctions on the state.
The revelation comes after Streeting released text message correspondence between himself and disgraced former British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson.
The messages, released on Monday, were an apparent effort to dispel rumours about his friendship with the ex-peer, who resigned from the Labour Party last week over revelations about his long-standing friendship with the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Streeting’s private comments on Israel to Mandelson will come as an embarrassment to Keir Starmer’s government, which has repeatedly refused to accuse Israel of committing war crimes.
In the text messages, Streeting - widely considered a leading contender to replace Starmer as prime minister if he resigns - asked Mandelson for his views on whether Britain should recognise a Palestinian state, which it went on to do months later in September 2025.
Wesley said something sensible? Fuck me the world really is upside down.
The cynical me thinks he just released that text to win an upcoming leadership bid.
Its the same reason Weasly started offering the junior doctors more money
His public position contradicts the view he expressed to Manelepsteinson.
And who in Labour really believes that the problem with Starmer as PM is that he isn’t right-wing enough?
Sounds like he’s violated British law and should be arrested immediately.
Streeting taking advice from Mandelson on policy should be seen in the same regard as Mandelson himself being overly chummy with the paedo Epstein. Mandelson is a blairite freak (besides the paedo-adjacency) and Streeting was best mates with him and groomed into political station by him. Of course the right wing of the labour party don’t and won’t care about this as they’re all hopelessly disgusting too.
