Mr Netanyahu is scheduled to give a press conference on Sunday amid international condemnation of his expansion plans.

The former first minister of Scotland discussed the legislation during an interview with ITV host Julie Etchingham.

There were several flare-ups with counter protesters as the ‘national march for the hostages’ made its way through central London on Sunday.

Paramedic Sam Sears, 44, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, spent three-weeks in Gaza with frontline medical charity UK-Med.

Benedict’s six-year-old sister Etta was among the children who went to Downing Street with a petition signed by more than 13,000 people.

His comments came after MMA fighter Conor McGregor said he is considering a legal challenge to the eligibility rules for presidential elections.