Israel/Gaza
My Lords, the importance and timeliness of this debate is self-evident. The number of speakers is...
My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his analysis of this terrible situation we face....
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My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest: I am a patron of CABU, the Council for Arab-British U...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his eloquent and powerful opening speech. In it, he set out th...
My Lords, I listened with deep appreciation and gratitude to the most reverend Primate speaking o...
My Lords, it is a privilege, albeit a rather chastening privilege, to follow the noble and right ...
My Lords, I should like to make a few cardinal points emerging from what has been and continues t...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introductory remarks, which I thought were very good. I de...
My Lords, I thank those in this House who have extended support, sympathy and understanding durin...
My Lords, I thank my noble and very good friend the Minister for his powerful opening speech. I a...
My Lords, in the midst of the awful complexity of this war, we should constantly remind ourselves...
My Lords, I draw to the House’s attention that I am the honorary president of Liberal Democrat Fr...
My Lords, unlike the last speaker, I do not accept that the Israeli response to date has been dis...
My Lords, I start by paying tribute to my noble friend the Minister. I think that all, across thi...
My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi, and I thank the Minis...
My Lords, I stand in solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian civilians. I condemn the horrific te...
My Lords, the massacre of Israeli civilians and the taking of more than 2,000 hostages ranging fr...
My Lords, there is a prayer said in my synagogue and others at least once in every service by the...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for so eloquently setting out the Government’s position. A group o...
Salaam alaikum. My Lords, I was in my early teens in a classroom when I learned of the horrors th...
My Lords, I was privileged to be a member of the delegation to Israel organised by ELNET and led ...
My Lords, this is a difficult speech for me to make, because we have heard so many wonderful spee...
My Lords, I speak while this tragic situation is happening in Gaza. I have learned a lot from the...
My Lords, I thank the Minister, the Government, the Labour Front Bench, the most reverend Primate...
My Lords, it is always worth listening to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. It is a privilege to foll...
My Lords, I refer to my registered interest as president of Conservative Friends of Israel and di...
My Lords, there have been fine speeches in this debate, introduced by the Minister so excellently...
My Lords, when I spoke in a debate in this House on Israel and Palestine just over three years ag...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his opening remarks and all noble Lords who have spoken. It...
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for his wise words in opening the debate. I join others in cal...
My Lords, I share with others my thanks to the Minister for his excellent introduction to this de...
My Lords, I am sure the House will agree when I say that this is a debate which we wish we did no...
My Lords, Sikh teachings remind us that conflict arises when we fail to recognise that we are all...
Before my friend the noble Lord sits down, is he aware that the Israel Defense Forces categorical...
They have, as one would expect, but is there any evidence? Is Amnesty International deliberately ...
My Lords, I am heartbroken and bitterly angry at the heinous, profoundly evil crimes committed in...
My Lords, the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel was more than a war crime. This anti-Jewish pogrom...
My Lords, it is no easy matter to speak after so many noble Lords have spoken so well in today’s ...
My Lords, I refer to my register of interests. I am a director of the UK Abraham Accords Group, I...
My Lords, I start by declaring my interests in the register, particularly as executive chairman a...
My Lords, I join with other noble Lords in thanking my noble friend the Minister for his powerful...
My Lords, I want to speak about proportionality and the position of Iran. I commend the speech of...
My Lords, less than two weeks ago, I commenced our party conference by reading Psalm 122.1 read t...
My Lords, I want to say how much I appreciate the Leader of the House finding time to have this i...
My Lords, I will take two perspectives on the situation in Gaza and Israel—one local and one glob...
My Lords, rather than take sides in this debate, I should like to offer suggestions as to how to ...
My Lords, like everyone in your Lordships’ House and across the country and world, I heard the ne...
My Lords, I begin by conveying my deepest respect to the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and to all o...
My Lords, these are dark times, and they are becoming darker still. We have heard many impressive...
My Lords, I too begin by expressing great thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, for the grace, wi...
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of York. I pay tri...
My Lords, it has been a sombre debate appropriate for the circumstances that we are in. I join ot...
My Lords, I too pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, not only for his incredibly moving and...
My Lords, I first thank all noble Lords for their contributions—strong, focused, passionate, thou...