Alan Duncan backs down after accusing Israelis of ’land grab’ - Telegraph
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The international development minister, Alan Duncan, has been forced to remove a video from a government website in which he accused Israelis of a “land grab” in the middle-east, after protests from Jewish leaders.
Mr Duncan, Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton, also accused Israeli settlers of “deliberately” taking water away from the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews criticised Mr Duncan for his remarks about Israel’s controversial security wall while the Israeli Embassy appeared to question whether the minister was suitable as a spokesman for the UK government.
Mr Duncan’s officials have now removed the video from the Department for International Development’s website, claiming that his comments had been “misinterpreted”.