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Israel: Illegal Settlers

Debate between Lord Howell of Guildford and Baroness Miller of Hendon
Thursday 14th October 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Does any assessment made by the Government take into account the fact that these settlements provide a haven from which Hezbollah and Hamas cannot continually throw bombs and things across into Israel, as has happened since Israel gave up control in Gaza?

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There are security dangers in all these developments. Obviously, attacks on Israel from Hezbollah and from rocketing from Hamas in Gaza are matters that make it more difficult for the negotiations to go ahead. These two are deplorable developments and they must cease if we are to make progress.

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