Mandelson called Wes Streeting's Israel criticism 'wild' and 'hysterical'

Mandelson called Wes Streeting's Israel criticism 'wild' and 'hysterical' Submitted by Imran Mulla on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 15:04 Newly released files show the UK health secretary saying Israel was committing war crimes and should be sanctioned Former UK ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson walks his dog near his residence in central London on 20 April 2026 (Henry Nicholls/AFP) Off Peter Mandelson described British Health Secretary Wes Streeting's views on Israel as "wild" and "hysterical" after Streeting told him Israel was committing war crimes and should be sanctioned, newly released files have revealed. More than 1,000 pages of documents relating to Mandelson, the disgraced former cabinet minister, Labour peer and ambassador to the US , were published on Monday. Mandelson was forced out of his job, to which he was appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in 2024, in September, after revelations about his friendship with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. A Middle East Eye analysis of the newly released Mandelson files has found that last July, the then-ambassador strongly criticised Streeting for his views on Israel's war on Gaza in private text messages to Pat McFadden, a cabinet minister and the secretary of state for work and pensions. The files show text correspondence in which Streeting asked Mandelson for his views on whether Britain should recognise a  Palestinian  state, which it went on to do months later in September 2025. Streeting said recognition was "morally and politically" right. "Morally, because Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes. Their government talks the language of ethnic cleansing, and I have met with...

Original source: Middle East Eye