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HANSARDIsrael and GazaIt is hard to overestimate the offence caused by the extraordinary rhetoric of accusing Israel of being guilty of genocide, given the antecedents and events that took place in the…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaWhether right or wrong, the analysis that the hon. Gentleman puts before the House underlines the importance of the initiatives that Britain has taken, and the work that is being…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaUnlike the other forces involved in this dreadful conflict, Israeli soldiers and members of the IDF are taught, as part of their basic training, about international humanitarian…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The structure of these matters is approved by the House of Commons. The regime is clear, no matter where responsibility for…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the shadow Foreign Secretary for what he said. I must say to him that I set out at some length in the debate last week the Government’s position in the amendment that we…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy right hon. Friend sets out very well one of the key aspects of the five-point plan, which Britain is doing everything we can to see implemented.27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaOn his latter point, my right hon. Friend heard what I said in the statement. As the whole House knows, the rulings of the Court are binding and must therefore be respected.…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI simply do not think the idea that the Government have looked the other way carries any possible credibility at all. The hon. Gentleman might remember that the source of all this…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy right hon. Friend recognises that there will need to be significant changes in the approach that we have made on many of those issues. The British five-point plan encompasses…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Lady makes an interesting theoretical and legal point, and I suggest that those discussions might go on usefully between theorists and lawyers.27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe Chairman of the Select Committee makes a very good point, and I look forward to meeting her later today to discuss this and other matters. I believe that the point that she…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaTo some extent, my hon. and gallant Friend answers his own question. Dealing with an organisation such as Hamas is extraordinarily difficult, as we have seen over recent weeks and…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy right hon. Friend makes an important and interesting point. The new Government on the west bank who have resulted from the resignation of the Prime Minister over the weekend…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but he will have seen from the Government’s amendment last week that a very clear process is going on. I very much hope that his party can…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy hon. Friend is right: there is no acceptable reason. That is why the Government are pressing so hard to get additional humanitarian support into not only the southern part of…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaOn the hon. Gentleman’s first point, we are very much in favour of accountability and transparency. That is at the heart of the reason why both our parties have been strong…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy hon. Friend is correct. He underlines the great difficulty in negotiating and agreeing a pause or ceasefire when one of the parties is absolutely clear that they do not want…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaWe are working towards a further United Nations Security Council resolution. Britain is continuing, as it has from the start, to try to bring people together behind the common…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe position that the Minister set out in Westminster Hall was absolutely correct. The Government take legal advice on this matter, the arms export Committee does its work…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the former Chairman of the Defence Committee for his wise and sensible approach. As I said earlier to both the shadow Foreign Secretary and the SNP spokesman, if we study…27 Feb 2024