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HANSARD Middle EastWe are working particularly with Arab partners on this issue. Hamas have to exit—they have to step away from the governance of Gaza. My hon. Friend is right: we cannot have a…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning all three of those things. We are working for a ceasefire, although it is my assessment that we probably will not get one now before…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI am afraid I cannot agree with that statement. I do not recognise those numbers.21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastThe hon. Gentleman would struggle to point to any Government of a major G7 or European state that have done as much as we have in office. We led the sanctioning of Smotrich and…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastThe last Government suggested back in 2014 that there would be consequences if the Israeli Government move forward with E1, so it is absolutely the case that there would be…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastMy hon. Friend is right to the extent that the challenge faced on the ceasefire has been principally that Hamas do not want a pause and the Israeli Government have said that they…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI reassure my hon. Friend that I said that this morning to my Israeli counterpart.21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI said that I will look at what more we can do should children require medical aid in our own country. If what my hon. Friend says is correct, it would constitute a war crime,…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI say to the right hon. Gentleman that we have suspended sales of arms that could be used in Gaza. He should look closely at our export licensing regime, because much of it is not…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastMy hon. Friend prays in aid the law in terms of plausibility in breach of international humanitarian law. If he looks at my statement back in September, he will see that I…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI reassure the right hon. Gentleman that I have made representations to Secretary of State Rubio about my concerns with the aid system. I have done that alongside many European…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastThe hon. Gentleman is right. I said in my statement that Hamas are making hay with the chaos that exists on the ground, and it is quite wrong to restrict the support of…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI agree with my hon. Friend that the Palestinian cause is a just cause, and I would ask the Israeli Government to reflect again on international humanitarian law. I have in front…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastYes, 100%.21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI hope that the Israeli Government are watching and note what senior parliamentarians on both sides of this House are saying. The right hon. Gentleman will know that 83% of the…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastWe are doing everything we can in supporting our Qatari, Egyptian and US friends to get a ceasefire. The hon. Member will understand that, in looking closely at these issues, even…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI set out in my statement the action that this Government have taken, and I stand by it. I regret that we have not brought about a ceasefire. I have also set out that we are…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI associate myself with much that the hon. Gentleman said. It is a source of great regret to me that we have not brought this most horrendous of wars and conflicts to an end. My…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI thank my hon. Friend for his long-standing campaigning on these issues. Of course I am hearing the strength of feeling in the House—how could I not?—and of course the Israeli…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI understand my hon. Friend’s frustration, and he has been consistent for a very long time. As I have said, I regret that we are not in a place where we currently have a…21 Jul 2025