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Select Committee
Human Rights Watch
 MENA0037 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Gulf dictators’ ability, especially in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to immediately deploy enormous

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Oct. 25 2023

Source Page: UK delivers humanitarian aid to support Palestinian civilians
Document: UK delivers humanitarian aid to support Palestinian civilians (webpage)

Found: UK delivers humanitarian aid to support Palestinian civilians

Select Committee
Aid to the Church in Need
 MENA0009 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: MENA0009 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa Aid to the Church in Need Written

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Nov. 17 2023

Source Page: Troika Statement on Attacks in Darfur, Sudan and the Need for a Cessation of Violence
Document: Troika Statement on Attacks in Darfur, Sudan and the Need for a Cessation of Violence (webpage)

Found: other communities, killings of traditional leaders, unjust detentions, and obstruction of humanitarian aid

Lords Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Mon 23 Oct 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) I met with the leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to co-ordinate - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) Intensified Israeli military action looks unavoidable. - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) There is clearly no military solution; indeed, it is clear that this catastrophic war will not bring - Speech Link
2: Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con - Life peer) War is hell, and every individual civilian death is a tragedy, but—I speak as a military historian—less - Speech Link
3: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) Will it have a military army, and will this mean the end of the discredited and corrupt UNRWA? - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) and destroying homes.We have also expressed our deep concern about the prospect of a military incursion - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) have also again been in the Gulf, where I met with representatives of countries such as Kuwait and Saudi - Speech Link
3: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) How are we to achieve these aims unless Israel continues its military campaign? - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) It has said that its operation has moved into a new phase in which it can focus on specific military - Speech Link

Select Committee
Lancaster University
 MENA0017 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The key players in Middle Eastern politics remain Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Israel.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Cabinet Office

Oct. 24 2023

Source Page: Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden's speech to the Future Investment Initiative: 24 October 2023
Document: Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden's speech to the Future Investment Initiative: 24 October 2023 (webpage)

Found: And there could be no more apt place to discuss dynamism than Saudi Arabia.

Select Committee
Institute For Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham University, Durham, UK, and School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, Durham, UK
 MENA0011 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Israeli financial aid and security cooperation sustains the PA; but Israel also keeps the PA in