“Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes,” the then health secretary told Peter Mandelson over WhatsApp. UK’s New Defence Minister Called Israel ‘Rogue State’Wes Streeting is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes committed war crimes, reports Dania Akkad. “Or will he respect international law and hold the perpetrators of war crimes to account?” Despite his recent openness about his private positions on Israel, Streeting acknowledged in the WhatsApps to Mandelson that he has also “never been a shrinking violent [sic]” about the country. “This is just one case of blatant war crimes committed by Israeli forces – countless others that have yet to be told,” Agha said.