Monday 20th May 2024

(7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Apsana Begum Portrait Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab)
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Can the Minister explain how his Government can possibly justify continuing to support a military campaign that has involved the denial of electricity and basic services to civilians; the starving of civilians and the blocking of aid; the bombing of civilian infrastructure; the forced displacement of millions; the killing of journalists and aid workers; and the killing of civilians, including large numbers of children, on an unprecedented scale?

Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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We do not support that. What we support is Israel’s right of self-defence, but it must be carried out within international humanitarian law.