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HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words. In the time that we have been in government, we have seen the situation deteriorate, but we have also seen it improve. I hope to be able…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI have already commented on the question of recognition. I assure my hon. Friend that we are not providing parts for bombs. We have set out the provisions on arms suspension.…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI set out our position on arms suspensions earlier in this urgent question.02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsAs you would expect, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will not seek to characterise the foreign policy of others; they can set out their policy themselves. On co-operation and…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI have set out the steps we have taken and the sanctions we have issued, and I will continue to return to this House with further updates.02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, I was a diplomat before, and ultimately it is diplomacy that will resolve this conflict. That is the lever to which we must most vigorously apply…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsIt is hard enough to respond to the facts as they are. I will not be drawn by my hon. Friend into such a complex chain of hypotheticals.02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsWe have worked with our partners in the region, the Israeli Government, the US, and many others to try to secure the safe release of all those with UK links who have been held…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and his persistence on these issues. So many colleagues on the Labour and Opposition Benches have raised the plight of Palestinian…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsThe hon. Member will have heard my previous comments about determinations. I will answer the question that I think he is asking, which is about what we have done since we came…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsOur position on the conduct of war is that taken by international humanitarian law. We have set out the risks and our concerns about breaches, and we continue to take actions that…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend has a long commitment to these issues, and I know that she has travelled to the region. She is right to say that the two-state solution must be central to this. She…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend remains deeply committed to these issues, and I am pleased to reassure him that we do not support the expansion of military operations by Israel announced this…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsOf course. That is the thought in our mind every day as we see the imagery, and are sent it by our colleagues and our constituents. Every day, this Government see with our own…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsWe will continue to work with our partners who are party to the Arab initiative, and indeed our partners in the United Nations Security Council, where we have called sessions and…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsWe continue to oppose forced displacement in Gaza.02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend and east midlands colleague is right to raise the issue of the deterioration of the application of international humanitarian law. There are too many places in…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: AidI can confirm that we say regularly to our Israeli counterparts, and indeed to all others in the region, that the only route out of these horrors is a two-state solution, an…01 Apr 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy hon. Friend is right to ask this question. I know that he, himself a surgeon, has been closely engaged with the medical situation in Gaza and the incredible bravery of those…01 Apr 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for her question; I know how attentive to these issues she has been. The Foreign Secretary has condemned in this Chamber the comments of Defence Minister…01 Apr 2025