Middle East Peace Plan

Simon Jupp Excerpts
Thursday 30th January 2020

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Murrison
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I am certainly not going to get drawn into the detail of this plan, but I would say that in all the conversations we have had with our US friends and allies, and others, we have made it clear that a solution to this has to be negotiated and agreed by both of the principal parties to this dispute.

Simon Jupp Portrait Simon Jupp (East Devon) (Con)
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Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the settlement expansion and the demolition of Palestinian property in the west bank is undermining the peace process?

Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Murrison
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I certainly can do that. We have lost no opportunity to condemn that behaviour. Every time we speak to our Israeli interlocutors we hammer this home: it is completely unacceptable and it must stop.