Gaza: Reconstruction

Lord Turnberg Excerpts
Wednesday 29th October 2014

(10 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Turnberg Portrait Lord Turnberg (Lab)
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My Lords, it is clear that we need to get much building material into Gaza to help rebuild all those destroyed homes, but is the noble Baroness aware of the statement made by the Hamas spokesman last week? He said that the avowed intention of Hamas is to start rebuilding the tunnels into Israel immediately. Is there any way of preventing this?

Baroness Northover Portrait Baroness Northover
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We urge restraint, as we always do, on both sides. Peace is in the interest of both sides—of the Palestinians and the Israelis.