Gaza City
Debate between Baroness Chapman of Darlington and Lord Carlile of Berriew
Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)
We discuss our position on this and many other issues—but specifically this—with our US counterparts on a regular basis, as the noble Baroness will understand. She is completely right that support for a two-state solution must remain central to everything we do and say on this issue. I fear that some of the decisions that are being taken by the Government of Israel now make that outcome less likely; hence the situation in which we find ourselves now, as the UK Government, taking the decisions that we have.
Lord Carlile of Berriew (CB)
Does the Minister agree that the paramount need is for
“Israel and Palestine to share the land, either by partition or by a creative confederate structure, enabling sovereignty and self-rule for both nations”,
those being the words of Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger, one of the most distinguished Israeli academics and writers, writing, I believe, on behalf of most people in Israel?