Ukraine (Flight MH17) and Gaza Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Ukraine (Flight MH17) and Gaza

Shabana Mahmood Excerpts
Monday 21st July 2014

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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A number of points have been made about the dangers that Russia faces if it opts for a path of increasing international isolation.

Shabana Mahmood Portrait Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab)
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Now that the Israeli ground offensive has moved into densely populated urban areas of Gaza, the death toll of innocent Palestinians, especially of children, will only rise. The Israelis say that civilians should leave these areas. Given the Prime Minister’s own description of Gaza as an open-air prison camp, perhaps he could advise the men, women and children of Gaza as to where on Earth they are supposed to go?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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What we want for the people of Gaza is for them to have a country of their own—Palestine —that lives in peace next to Israel. That is the goal.