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HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. The Palestinian people have many friends and allies in the international community and they have people within their own…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI recognise the passion with which the right hon. Gentleman speaks, but there can be no legitimisation of indiscriminate rocket attacks against civilian targets from within…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. As I said in my initial response, the targeting of civilians is unacceptable, and the specific targeting of humanitarian…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI have already made clear our desire to see an immediate end to the hostilities, a permanent ceasefire and a negotiated settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis. We…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. There are plenty of thoughtful and passionate Palestinians and Israelis who are determined to bring peace to the region, and we…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe hon. Gentleman answers his own question, in the fact that the tensions in this region have persisted for decades and have done so under both Conservative and Labour…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI am not able to confirm the reports to which my hon. Friend referred, but I reinforce the points that I made about the need for Iran not to be a destabilising influence in the…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe hon. Gentleman speaks with a huge amount of wisdom on this. It is perhaps seductive but ultimately futile to work to reinforce a side of an argument while an argument…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy hon. Friend is right; we seek, as does the international community, a peaceful life for the Palestinian people and for the Israeli people. That can be done only through…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI pay tribute to the hon. Lady’s work in this area and more broadly in the provision of health services to communities around the world. We are aware of the reports and, indeed,…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI thank my predecessor and good friend for the point that he raised. I have already said that the UK encourages Iran to be a more thoughtful and less disruptive regional player…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireLet me read verbatim a section from my opening speech. I said: “The UK position on evictions, demolitions and settlements is clear and long-standing: we oppose these activities.…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. I can assure him that the conversation I had this morning with representatives of the Arab nations, including the representative of…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe UK has a robust arms export licensing regime, and all export licences are assessed in accordance with it. I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that the UK takes its arms…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy hon. Friend makes absolutely the right point. The images that we have seen of fatalities and injuries of both Israelis and Palestinians are heartbreaking. We continue to work…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe hon. Gentleman makes the point that the military wing of Hamas is recognised as a terrorist organisation. Ultimately, the future of the Palestinian people should lie in the…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. The UK has been fully supportive of elections for the Palestinian Authority, which are now well overdue. We have seen on…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI remind the hon. Gentleman of the sequencing of the events that unfolded in Gaza and Israel. Israel’s actions were in response to indiscriminate rocket attacks from an…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. We recognise that in our desire to prevent Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon we cannot be blind to its broader regional…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe outcome of democratic elections in the state of Israel is for the Israeli people. We will continue to work with the Governments elected by the Israeli people. It strikes me,…19 May 2021