Bridget Phillipson: ‘We’ve played a key role behind the scenes’

Israel and Hamas have agreed on a ceasefire, and Israeli troops are withdrawing from parts of Gaza, as Hamas prepares to release the remaining hostages on Monday morning. Later that day, Donald Trump and the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will chair a peace summit with other leaders, including Keir Starmer. The ceasefire represents a big diplomatic success for President Trump. On Sky News this morning, Trevor Phillips asked Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson what role the UK had played in the negotiations. Phillipson said she recognised ‘the critical role that the American government played’, but suggested the UK was involved in ‘complex matters of diplomacy’. Phillips noted that the US secretary of state Marco Ru

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