Iran-Israel Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Iran-Israel Update

Kim Johnson Excerpts
Monday 15th April 2024

(8 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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We have been consistently clear that we are concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We have called on the Israelis to open up more aid corridors and have them open more often; they set out a series of steps just recently, and now we want to see them deliver on those.

Kim Johnson Portrait Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab)
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The middle east is in a crisis, and I and thousands of my Riverside constituents have been calling for a ceasefire to end the destruction in Gaza and prevent a widening conflict in the middle east. The Prime Minister has talked about diplomatic action towards a two-state solution. Can he say what action he is taking against the far-right Ministers in the Israeli Government who are opposed to a two-state solution?

Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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We have been very clear that our view is that we should have a two-state solution, and we are making sure we do everything we can to contribute to that aim.