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David Winnick Excerpts
Tuesday 24th May 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I think we all know that the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) cannot be vetoed. He never has been, and he never will be.

David Winnick Portrait Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab)
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Earlier questions have referred to the middle east, and to deploring extremism wherever it may be found. Is it not a matter of grave concern that the new Israeli Defence Minister is extremely right-wing and ultra-nationalist? He said last year that what he described as “disloyal” Israeli Arabs should be beheaded. Does that not illustrate how far the Israeli Government have gone in their extremism and their rejection of any idea of a two-state solution, and should that not be condemned?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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It is a matter of grave concern. The polarisation of views in Israel/Palestine makes it less likely that we shall be able to achieve the two-state solution that the House and most of the world so ardently crave, and harder for us to do so.