Iran-Israel Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Iran-Israel Update

Jeremy Corbyn Excerpts
Monday 15th April 2024

(2 weeks, 2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rosie Winterton Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)
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I say once again that I am anxious to get everyone in, but I can only do that if the questions are brief.

Jeremy Corbyn Portrait Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Ind)
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Thirty-three thousand people have died in Gaza. More bombs have been dropped there than were dropped in the whole of the Iraq war. This weekend’s horrific events show the danger of a war escalating across the whole region. Does the Prime Minister recognise that the kernel of the whole issue across the region is the continued Israeli occupation of Palestine? What does he say about bringing an end to that occupation, and calling for a permanent ceasefire?