Israel-Hamas War: Diplomacy Debate

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Israel-Hamas War: Diplomacy

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Former Afghan Special Forces: Deportation
Monday 11th December 2023

(5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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What I can say is that, in Gaza, there will in the future be no place for a Hamas Administration.

Matt Western Portrait Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington) (Lab)
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The IDF promised us precision and intelligence, but what the world is witnessing is the wholesale destruction of a society and a people. What must change for the UK Government to vote tomorrow for a UN Security Council motion for a cessation of hostilities that will ultimately lead to a ceasefire?

Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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The two points I have mentioned about the UN are that there were plenty of good lines in the UN Security Council resolution on which we abstained, but that we will not support a resolution that does not condemn Hamas for the appalling events that took place on 7 October.

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