Katharine Viner, the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, is now interviewing Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, at a fringe at the conference.
Viner starts with Israel,
Q: Is it time to give up on the two-state solution?
Streeting says he would not want to give up on that, because it seems the only viable solution – two free, independent states for two peoples.
He says he has spent time in Israel and Palestine. For all the ups and downs – and what we have seen today may be the darkest day for the state of Israel – there are Israelis and Palestinians who still see the two-state solution as the only one possible.
He says he has spoken up against the occupation. But what we have seen over the past 24 hours isn’t resistance; it is terrorism. And he says he has been appalled to see people celebrating that in the UK. Where is the humanity?
Q: Is there any sign of de-escalation?
No, says Streeting.
He says we should ask what we would do in that situation. Israel has a right to defend itself. In the UK we have experienced terrorism. Streeting says he remembers the impact of IRA terrorism in London, and 7/7 – he had friends on a bus in the vicinity – and the attack at Westminster that killed PC Keith Palmer.
He says, under Keir Starmer, Labour will remain committed to the two-state solution.
Updated at 12.43 EDT
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