Five newly elected independent UK MPs have jointly written to new Foreign Secretary David Lammy to urge the government to recognise a Palestinian state and impose sanctions on Israel over its war on Gaza. The letter, obtained by various news outlets on Friday, was signed by former Labour Party leaderJeremy Corbyn, Shockat Adam, Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain and Iqbal Mohamed. Describing the war on the enclave as a “catastrophic situation”, they demanded the government “immediately suspend” arms sales to Israel. They also urged Lammy to impose sanctions on those “inciting genocide against Palestini…