Israel and Palestinian Talks
I beg to move,
That this House has considered Israel and Palestinian talks.
Looking a...
I welcome my right hon. Friend to his rightful place on the Front Bench. Does he agree that one o...
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There are many blockages on the way to peace, and a number of them will come up during the course...
What discussions have the Government had with the Israeli Government about the extension of the s...
If I am able to pursue my original course of action of putting a few things on record and then de...
I will take two more interventions for now.
I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his elevation to the Front Bench once again. What is h...
Again, I will come on to issues such as two-track possibilities. Many people have a contribution ...
I also welcome my right hon. Friend back—again, again—to the Front Bench. It is good to see him b...
I thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. Sadly, as Members on both sides of the House have pointed...
I will take one more intervention, but then I would like to make some progress.
I, too, welcome my right hon. Friend to his place.
Further to the interventions of my hon. ...
For the avoidance of doubt, and to assist colleagues speaking later, I am very pleased to be back...
I will not give way now.
No. The right hon. Gentleman is a great friend and colleague who knows a lot about this subject, ...
I give way to the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms).
I also welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s reappointment. I agree that we need Israeli support for...
I am not sure whether the right hon. Gentleman wrote my speech or had early sight of it, but perh...
It is worth noting that recent polling shows that a clear majority of both Israelis and Palestini...
My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I mentioned that earlier. Peace is very much the desire of ...
I can think of no one better to do so than the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn)....
I am grateful to the Minister for giving way; like everyone else, I am pleased to see him back in...
I think that the right hon. Gentleman suggests that there is a gap into which courageous leadersh...
Will the Minister give way?
If I may, I will make a little more progress and then look to finish, otherwise I will not be abl...
Historically, when a two-state solution has almost been reached, it has been on the basis of nego...
I agree with my hon. Friend on that. It is not for those of us from outside to suggest or dictate...
I visited the region almost two years ago, when one of the many things that struck me was the det...
I thank the hon. Lady. Yes, this is an issue on which I have been long engaged, and discussions a...
Does the Minister agree that any recognition of a Palestinian state before direct peace talks bet...
It is not the UK Government’s intention to recognise a Palestinian state; we believe it should co...
I thank the Lazarus of the Government Front Bench for giving way! Before he concludes, I hope he ...
If the right hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I will perhaps deal with that issue in my concluding...
I begin, as so many Members have, by welcoming the new Minister for the Middle East to his role. ...
It may be that the Conservatives did not cover this issue in our manifesto, but at least we did n...
When debating this issue, it is important to do so seriously and raise serious the matters. I am ...
The shadow Foreign Secretary is very dismissive of her leader’s description of Hamas and Hezbolla...
One way that we can approach this is by looking at the truth of the situation, which is that, in ...
Before the hon. Gentleman jump up and down, let me just finish my point. [Interruption.] Please, ...
My right hon. Friend has rightly talked about the seriousness of the issue. Our focus must urgent...
My hon. Friend is quite right: when 80% of people who live in Gaza are dependent on aid to surviv...
I am grateful to the shadow Foreign Secretary for finally giving way. I can assure her that if he...
If the hon. Gentleman will take his seat, relax and listen to the rest of my speech, I will get t...
Only about two or three years ago, when we had the coalition Government—this might explain the re...
My hon. Friend makes an important point. I see that the Minister is making a note of it, so hopef...
Does the right hon. Lady agree that one thing that can unite us across party in this House, in ad...
The hon. and learned Lady is of course quite right.
It is of course right that we condemn settlements, but if international law is powerless to impos...
I believe that all of us have been saying for some time that we know what a peace settlement ough...
I was on a cross-party delegation to the Holy Land in January. Does my right hon. Friend share th...
The difficulty is that, certainly during the campaign, and in the early days of his—I think the w...
I am interested in and listening with great care to what the right hon. Lady is saying about reco...
I would be grateful if the Minister could clarify the position today, and that is why I am asking...
Order. It will be obvious to the House that a great many colleagues wish to speak in this debate....
2017 is a year of many historic anniversaries for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and so I welc...
I very much welcome the hon. Gentleman’s tone. I am a supporter of the state of Israel, and I am ...
I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am trying to make precisely the ...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
If the hon. Lady will forgive me, I will not give way because I am concluding and I know that oth...
I welcome you back to your role, Mr Deputy Speaker, and both your deputies to theirs. I also welc...
Would the hon. Gentleman like to take this opportunity to inform the House what the SNP’s policy ...
I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will be pleased to hear that the SNP manifesto committed us to ...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
No. The resolution calls for
“immediate steps to prevent all acts of violence against civil...
The hon. Gentleman makes a fine point in respect of human rights abuses, but one thing that has n...
All the conventions on human rights, particularly the convention on the rights of the child, shou...
Order. I should just mention that speeches will be limited to five minutes.
5.12 pm
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Me...
My right hon. Friend is making some incredibly powerful points. Does she agree that there will be...
My hon. Friend makes an entirely valid point. In June 2016, a 13-year-old Israeli, Hallel Yaffa A...
I add my welcome to the right hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire (Alistair Burt) on his retu...
I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Richard Burden).
As has ...
My hon. Friend is making a powerful case for peace in the middle east. In the light of Indian Pri...
I agree. It is interesting that we are looking to see which other countries can help, even though...
It is with both a humble heart and abiding pride that I stand to make my first speech in the Hous...
I congratulate the hon. Member for Peterborough (Fiona Onasanya) on an excellent maiden speech. I...
Does my hon. Friend agree that Hamas cannot be a partner to the peace process unless it changes i...
I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and agree with every point he made. I am sure we will...
I want to focus my comments today on Gaza, which is the world’s largest open-air prison. Of the 2...
My hon. Friend draws out clearly the human tragedy of what is happening today in Gaza, but is he ...
I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I accept that there is an unacceptable cycle of viol...
My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that Israel’s founding principles—nam...
Order. Just to help everybody, because I am concerned: if Members are going to intervene, they ha...
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) and absolutely agree with the ...
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
Yesterday, t...
I will not give way, as I am fairly close to the end.
No peace agreement will be able to gu...
New American leadership in the region is important, but pursuing the “ultimate deal” is about muc...
Although settlements may not be an obstacle, they are certainly a problem, especially at a time, ...
I never made any secret of my opposition to settlement building. It is regrettable. A better move...
On account of the level of interest, I am afraid that the time limit on Back-Bench speeches has t...
It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Enfield North (Joan Ryan).
On the cent...
The Israeli-Palestinian dispute is an ongoing tragedy. The Jewish and Palestinian people are enti...
I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the register for a trip to Israel and the west bank last...
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which relates to my visit to...
The urgency with which this Parliament must help with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was shown ...
On the gap between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, does my hon. Friend share my concern about the realit...
I agree with my hon. Friend that it just creates further friction when people do not know each ot...
It is a pleasure to follow the excellent speech of the hon. Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani), which ...
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as an of...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
I will extend the same courtesy to the right hon. Lady that she gave to me and say no, thank you....
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I made Labour’s position perfectly clear—it is in the manifesto....
Yes, well I think that might be called a point of frustration, or alternatively a point of explan...
I welcome the Minister back to his place. I wish him the best happiness in his new position for t...
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Forgive me, but due to the time restraint, I forgot in my rush t...
I am most grateful to the hon. Lady for declaring that via the mechanism of a point of order. It ...
This is the first speech I have made in a debate since the general election, so I would like to p...
Thank you, Mr Speaker, for inviting me to speak in this important debate.
Since the Trump A...
I too refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
Since ti...
I echo the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) and of the Mini...
It has been a pleasure to be here for this excellent debate, and to welcome the Minister for the ...
I thank the Opposition Front-Bench team for both their contributions, in particular the short and...