Baroness Deech
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(13 years, 11 months ago)
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Baroness Verma
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that question. All dialogue and all conversations are very welcome if they encourage peace.
Baroness Deech
My Lords, does the Minister agree that Gaza has other very severe sources of hardship, which include: the enforcement of morality rules against women; attacks on Christians; the bombing of Christian schools; the persecution of journalists; and the killing of political opponents? All of those are due to the enforcement of the regime by Hamas. Does she further agree that perhaps the person in Gaza who suffers most is that long-term captured prisoner, Gilad Shalit?