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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Middle East Peace Plan

"My Lords, it would be no exaggeration to say that this proposal is controversial, but it is certainly not the endpoint. It is not even the beginning of the end, nor the end of the beginning. It being on the table might be the beginning of the beginning of a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Iran: Stability in the Middle East

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the influence of Iran on stability in the Middle East...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Iran: Stability in the Middle East

"My Lords, the question of how we in the UK should deal with Iran has been a constant struggle. We have leant over backwards to reach some sort of agreement with that country, and no one tried harder than our own noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, when she represented the EU …..."
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Written Question
Palestinians: Terrorism
Tuesday 5th February 2019

Asked by: Lord Turnberg (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority about any rewards they make to families of Palestinians involved in acts of terror against Israeli civilians.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Whilst prisoners and their families have a right to support in line with their social needs as they would in the UK, we use our strong partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to lobby them to reform the prisoner payments system to become more needs-based, transparent and affordable. Minister of State for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, has raised these concerns with the Palestinian Foreign Minister, and British Government officials regularly do likewise. No UK aid is used for prisoner payments to Palestinian prisoners or their families.

Written Question
Egypt: Gaza
Thursday 31st January 2019

Asked by: Lord Turnberg (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Egypt about the closure of the Rafah crossing from Gaza.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa discussed the situation in Gaza with the Egyptian Foreign Minister in October, and officials in Cairo regularly raise the issue of Rafah crossing with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, most recently on 10 January. The Minister also raised the issue of Palestinian Authority staff being withdrawn from the Rafah crossing with the Palestinian Head of Mission to London on 23 January. We continue to urge Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt to work together to ensure a durable solution for Gaza.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Palestinian Territories

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Polak. There can be no doubt that the Palestinians deserve better. I feel as deeply as anyone about their parlous position, especially those 2 million citizens who exist in a limbo of deprivation in Gaza. But where I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Jan 2018
United States: Foreign Policy

"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I join others in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Ashdown.

The virtually universal view of President Trump—at least around this Chamber and outside it—is that he is unbelievably inept at best and a malign force at …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Middle East (IRC Report)

"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Howell, and his committee are to be congratulated on this valuable report. I resonate to the very wise remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Helic.

It goes without saying that the situation across most of the Middle East is unstable and very dangerous. The …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Jan 2017
Israel and Palestine: Paris Peace Conference

"My Lords, can I ask the Minister to speculate on what the attitude of the British Government would be if the French decided to hold a conference with 70 countries to discuss Northern Ireland but did not invite the British or Irish Governments?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Oct 2016
Israel and Palestine

"My Lords, I, too, must declare my interest as a guest of the Israeli Government on the APPG visit earlier this year to Israel, the West Bank and the PLO offices in Ramallah.

When I told my Israeli granddaughter that I was speaking in a debate on the peace process, …..."
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