Israel and Gaza Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Israel and Gaza

James Sunderland Excerpts
Monday 23rd October 2023

(1 year ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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The Government of Israel will manage their behaviour in line with international law. Our job is to ensure that we get aid into the region, and that is what we are focused on doing.

James Sunderland Portrait James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)
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During his visit to regional partners in the middle east last week, did the Prime Minister get any sense of the extent to which any necessary Israeli action in Gaza can and will be contained from wider involvement by malign actors?

Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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It is important that this conflict does not escalate. That is why our Navy presence to stop illegal arms shipments to entities such as Hezbollah is important, as is the diplomatic engagement that we have had with leaders across the region to ensure that those who would seek to exploit this already awful situation for their own further ends are stopped, and that they hear that message in no uncertain terms from everybody.