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Stephen Crabb Excerpts
Tuesday 21st February 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave a moment ago. My hon. Friend the Minister will be going to Israel very shortly. When we have got to the bottom of the exact complaint she is making, I am sure he will raise it.

Stephen Crabb Portrait Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) (Con)
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Alongside concerns about the rearmament of Hamas and the rebuilding of its network of cross-border terror tunnels, does my right hon. Friend share the growing alarm at the new activities of Daesh in the Sinai desert, which, together with the activities of Hamas, point to the prospect of further violence in the region and a new wave of terror attacks on innocent Israeli citizens?

Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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My right hon. Friend is completely right. What he says underscores the need for a regional solution that brings together all the states surrounding Israel to do a deal that brings the Palestinians, finally, to the table, and brings concessions from the Israelis.