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HANSARDIsrael and GazaEither I or another Foreign Office Minister will certainly be pleased to meet the professor. The harrowing evidence to which the hon. Member referred merely underlines the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe negotiations and discussions with Prime Minister Netanyahu are widespread. The hon. Member will know that there have been regular discussions between our Prime Minister and…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI share with the hon. Member a view that a United Nations Security Council resolution is urgently needed, and I very much hope that it will be in a form that we can support…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Member will have heard what I have said about the plausibility of an immediate and permanent ceasefire. On his point about the civilians who are in such extreme jeopardy,…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaWe are working to get to that point, but we are not there at the moment. We need to do everything we can to reconnect vital infrastructure that has been destroyed. It is not just…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the shadow Foreign Secretary for his comments. We are, as he knows, very committed to trying to make sure that there is no escalation. I thank him for his welcome for the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He is right that we are not calling for a ceasefire and hoping that somehow it becomes more permanent. What we are doing is calling…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaIn order to give an answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question, I need to know the full facts, and I very much hope that the full facts will become available before too long.19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaWhile it is true that weapons have been discovered in incubators in a hospital in Gaza, nevertheless I do not agree with my right hon. Friend. We are working towards a sustainable…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI am appalled to hear about the way in which my right hon. Friend was treated on his way into the House of Commons. We are stressing the importance of a more surgical approach by…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe whole House will be gravely concerned about the desperate situation in Gaza. It cannot continue, and we are deploying all our diplomatic resources, including in the United…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI do not agree with the hon. Gentleman that that is the Government’s position; we are not providing cover for anything. We are insistent that international humanitarian law should…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThat is why the Government are working towards a sustainable ceasefire. In the meantime, we are anxious to secure the necessary pauses so that aid can get into Gaza as speedily as…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. I understand how deeply distressing this is for her, with her family caught up in the Holy Family church complex. As I said in my response,…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Lady’s point underlines the vital importance of moving to a political track as soon as it is possible to do so.19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Member is right to point to the fact that this dispute has continued down the years. He will also have noticed that it was after the crisis of the Yom Kippur war that…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaYes.19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaIt is true that the Foreign Secretary received a letter over the weekend, signed by 10 colleagues, which states: “It is widely accepted across the world that lasting security for…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI do not think this is an issue of moral courage. The Government, with the support of those on the Opposition Front Bench, are doing what we believe to be right. We have been very…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaBecause the two situations are not analogous.19 Dec 2023