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HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI will not comment on any future sanctions, except to say that as my hon. Friend knows, we keep these issues under review. He will have seen the Prime Minister’s statement on…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesOn every occasion on which I have stood at this Dispatch Box and spoken on this matter, I have raised the reprehensible behaviour that took place on 7 October, and the…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe right hon. Gentleman asked me a similar question a few weeks ago, and I gave him the answer that we suspended arms sales; that was a sober decision we made. They are not being…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe British people made a determination when they voted Labour at the last general election. My hon. Friend knows that in our manifesto, we committed to Palestinian recognition in…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI do not think that on any of the six occasions when I have made a statement on this subject at this Dispatch Box, I have not condemned Hamas, what they did on 7 October and those…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesFour hundred and thirty aid workers have been killed—Gaza is the deadliest place on earth for humanitarians. The hon. Lady is right to recognise those tremendous aid workers. Let…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesWe have imposed a ban on arms sales for use in Gaza—we did that in September. I know that my hon. Friend’s constituents will care a lot about the war in Ukraine and other…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI remind the hon. Lady that last year we gave £129 million in humanitarian support to the people of Gaza and the occupied territories. A lot of that support was for medical aid,…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy hon. Friend talks with such integrity, and I know that she has been a consistent ambassador for the Palestinian people in this House. She feels the same as most of our…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesWe have made these decisions today. My hon. Friend will recognise that there is an important conference convened by France and Saudi Arabia, where we will work jointly with those…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesLet me be crystal clear: this Government oppose Israel’s model for aid, which does not respect humanitarian principles and cannot deliver aid effectively at speed or at the scale…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI stand by the decisions we have taken to meet our obligations for security around the world and the decisions we have made in relation to the F-35s. I want to make it clear that…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI can confirm that I was invited to the EU Foreign Ministers’ informal meeting just under two weeks ago, at which these issues were discussed, and I was able to discuss these…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI would ask the right hon. Gentleman to consult the Oxford English Dictionary and look at the two words.20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesOur obligations were met, under our legislation to ensure that none of us is complicit in any acts that breach international humanitarian law, when I suspended arms back in…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesLet me say to the right hon. Gentleman that I have had fire in my belly since the day I was born in the Whittington hospital in north London—he can be sure of that. This House led…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIt is because of those very same issues, and my concern that the denial of essential humanitarian assistance to a civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI noted reports today of deep frustration in the US Administration in relation to what they are seeing. Certainly, President Trump has said that this war is just going on too…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I have condemned the statements of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich in the past. On 6 May, Israel’s Finance Minister Smotrich said: “Gaza will be…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI draw my hon. Friend’s attention to the announcement I have made today on further sanctions, building on the announcement I made back in October. It is very important that we…20 May 2025