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HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI think that I have already addressed most of those questions. I have just confirmed again, as I did in the statement, that we are in discussions about further measures in…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI gently disagree. I feel that there is some force in what the right hon. Gentleman says about insanity being doing the same thing again and again. We have had many exchanges of…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI agree with my hon. Friend about the response of the Opposition. This is a particularly critical year. It is critical for us all to engage with the full breadth of Israeli…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI have set out as clearly as I can our position on the E1 settlement. I have also been clear that no one should be profiting from unlawfully seized land.01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI do agree, and I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work. I know he has been an active voice on these questions and that he sought to visit Israel to engage with those progressive…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI will, and I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his courteous words.01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI do not think the policy of settlements is supported across the whole of Israel. That is very clear in the discussions about the coming elections. There are many voices in Israel…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI thank the hon. Lady for the question. I can reassure her that I am very conscious of the electoral timeline and the rumoured timeline for the tenders as well. That is one reason…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionReturning to the question about the consequences for the Israeli Government, we could not have been clearer, alongside 11 other world leaders, about what they would look like. I…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionMy hon. Friend has been a doughty advocate on these questions for many years, and I was pleased to join her to meet students from Gaza earlier this week. We will take steps to…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionIt gives me no particular pleasure to be talking about the fourth round of sanctions. One would wish that diplomatic activity could have been enough to prevent the kind of…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionFor obvious reasons, I will not disclose the full details of diplomatic talks, but I am sure the hon. Gentleman can see the number of things that we have done jointly, including…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionThe Foreign Secretary, other Ministers in the Government and I discuss those questions with the American Administration. It is obvious, as the President of the United States has…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI am hesitant; I do not want to end up talking about, at the Dispatch Box, what the Israeli Government’s plans may or may not be; they will speak about those themselves, through…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionWe have, and we will.01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionAnd no doubt you can set out your own proposals. We have taken repeated actions and will continue to do so.01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionMadam Deputy Speaker, let me beg your forgiveness for forgetting the customs of the House—you would think that practice would make perfect. I thank my hon. Friend for the…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI will deal first with the latter points raised by the Opposition spokesman. Yes, we continue to talk to the Palestinian Authority, including on the reform agenda and the need for…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionThat was one of the reasons why we set out even clearer business guidance to our own businesses, and I am sure that many others will have taken notice.01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionThe hon. Lady is right: we have had many exchanges across the Dispatch Box. I gently remind her that over the course of these exchanges, I have recognised the Palestinian state; I…01 Jul 2026