Jan. 24 2024
Source Page: Foreign Secretary in Middle East and Turkey to progress sustainable Gaza ceasefireFound: Foreign Secretary in Middle East and Turkey to progress sustainable Gaza ceasefire
Mentions:
1: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) We are aware of 28 British nationals who have died in Turkey following elective medical procedures since - Speech Link
2: John McNally (SNP - Falkirk) Many gruesome deaths have occurred following cosmetic surgery in Turkey. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend’s last point about a Palestine free from Hamas. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) They have nothing to do with Hamas. - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) At the same time, the Hamas leadership is meeting in Turkey with other terrorist groups planning what - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) its deputy chairman and former leader, in Turkey recently, where Hamas set out their intent to carry - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) That is who Hamas are, and they must be destroyed. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) international effort would be needed to rebuild Gaza, which now resembles closely the zone of the earthquake in Turkey - Speech Link
2: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) It is not difficult: Hamas started this and Hamas can bring it to an end. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mitchell (Lab - Life peer) Hamas had ransacked the place. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Four months since Hamas carried out the worst terror attack in Israel’s history, Hamas continues to hold - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None The Government’s end goal is clear: Israelis should be able to live without fear of Hamas terrorism, - Speech Link
2: None The Foreign Secretary visited Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Qatar and Turkey, meeting - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) The Hamas controlling body has no democratic authority. - Speech Link
4: Lord Pickles (Con - Life peer) Is my noble friend disappointed that that has not happened—that Hamas has broken its word? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) deteriorating—humanitarian crisis in Gaza, while standing alongside the people of Israel against the terrorist group Hamas - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con - Bassetlaw) Hamas chose to break an existing ceasefire the day it launched the heinous genocidal attack. - Speech Link
2: Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con - Bassetlaw) I would argue that the biggest threat to the Palestinian people is not Israel, but Hamas. - Speech Link
3: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Gentleman mentioned Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas. My hon. - Speech Link
4: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) In 2019, the Foreign Secretary did that; they suspended arms exports to NATO-allied Turkey following - Speech Link
5: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) She mentioned Turkey, but it has also happened in relation to Russia, Burma, Afghanistan and other countries - Speech Link
Oct. 19 2023
Source Page: Foreign Secretary travels to Middle East to help prevent regional spread of conflictFound: James Cleverly plans to meet leaders in Egypt, Turkey and Qatar over the next 3 days to help prevent
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the escalation of violence in the West Bank.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
On 19 October, the Foreign Secretary travelled to the region where he met leaders in Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to help prevent the conflict spreading across the region and to seek a peaceful resolution. He pushed for agreement on humanitarian access to Gaza, the release of British hostages and foreign nationals and securing safe passage for British Nationals to leave Gaza. The Foreign Secretary also discussed the urgent need for the Rafah crossing to open so that lifesaving aid can reach those who need it and for Hamas to release the hostages. Since the Hamas attacks on 7 October, the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have spoken to counterparts from almost 20 countries as part of extensive diplomatic efforts to sustain the prospect of peace and stability in the Middle East.
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: deployed by international actors (US, UK, and EU countries) and regional actors (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey