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HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAs ever, my hon. Friend makes an important and powerful contribution. I will not repeat the position on recognition, but we recognise the force of what he says, which is that the…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI recognise that the right hon. Gentleman has made these points with some force for the past year, but I would caution him against being quite as cynical as he is. We are doing…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI want to be really clear that the two men against whom we have announced sanctions today do not represent the majority of Israelis. There are so many connections between the UK…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesWe have been very clear about the nature of the new aid arrangements involving the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. It has proven deadly and incapable of supplying aid at the levels…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI have spoken about the perilous decline of the situation in the west bank and, indeed, the events of the past two weeks. I have also spoken about the importance of co-ordinating…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her work as the chief executive of Medical Aid for Palestinians. I recognise that there is almost nobody in this House who has more lived…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. The two-state solution conference next week is an important moment. We are discussing with our friends and allies our approach to…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy hon. Friend has been adamantly committed to these issues. He sets out all the right objectives, and I confirm to him that I take on board that message.10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAs my predecessor, the right hon. Gentleman can, of course, counsel me, and I am grateful for his support on the measures we have taken. As I said to another of my predecessors,…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We have delivered that message with our 26 partners on aid and we have been clear that, unless the situation changes, further actions…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIt is not the first step in relation to sanctions either; this is the third set of sanctions we have announced in relation to settlements in the west bank. On the two-state…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy hon. Friend is very committed to these issues. He rightly points to some of the rhetoric and extremist language that has been used by these two men. I will not repeat my…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the opportunity to clarify that the British Government are not providing information to enable the bombing campaign in Gaza. The…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank my hon. Friend from the east midlands. He has long been committed to these issues, and particularly to the difficult but vital work of ensuring that civil society in…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank my hon. Friend for her kind words. While I am always glad to come to the House, I reassure her constituents and those of many Labour Members that even were I not glad to…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for the effort she put in to travel to the area and to meet those in Israel and beyond. To be clear, the sanctions announced are not…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI will not rehearse the arguments on recognition, but I know that so many hon. Members, myself included, have met hostage families who view the events with terrible dismay. I will…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIn this House, we have to be focused on what the real options are for getting aid at volume into Gaza. The truth is that it must be done via land routes, and even when aid gets…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI have heard the powerful interventions from my hon. Friend and many others across the House on the questions of recognition and settlement goods. The question around settlement…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI will not repeat the answer about settlement goods that I gave earlier, but I want to be absolutely clear for the House that settlements are illegal under Israeli and…10 Jun 2025