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Israel and Palestinian Territories

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

472 c249-71WH 

Session

2007-08

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Douglas Carswell | 472 c259WH (Link to this contribution) That is an easy point to make, but I have visited Israel and the west bank and I found it interestin...

Jeremy Corbyn | 472 c260-1WH (Link to this contribution) I am utterly astonished by the contribution that we have just heard: it seems that if we are not fan...

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John Barrett | 472 c261WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman also agree that another key factor is the domination of the water supply in ...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c259WH (Link to this contribution) On the point of judicial scrutiny, the hon. Gentleman will be aware—indeed, I have made reference to...

Douglas Carswell | 472 c259-60WH (Link to this contribution) I am not a great fan of that institution. As for the idea that remote international judges should ma...

Speaker | 472 c263WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Front-Bench spokesmen have been extremely co-operative, and I am grateful to them. The result...

Brooks Newmark | 472 c261-3WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that you shall indulge me a little, Mr. Bercow, but I shall try to abide by your wishes. I c...

Speaker | 472 c261WH (Link to this contribution) Three people are still seeking to catch my eye. If hon. Members are willing to confine themselves to...

Jeremy Corbyn | 472 c261WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely; that is a very good point. The settlements are situated in places with water; that is wh...

Louise Ellman | 472 c263-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is certainly the case that this debate is on a very unpalatable and unpleasant situation. However...

Jeremy Corbyn | 472 c265WH (Link to this contribution) Islington, North.

Michael Fabricant | 472 c265WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) quoted Ariel Sharon from 1973. At that time Ari...

Speaker | 472 c265WH (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I call Willie Rennie.

Willie Rennie | 472 c265-7WH (Link to this contribution) I see that you are getting more agitated as the debate progresses, Mr. Bercow. You have had to bring...

Speaker | 472 c264WH (Link to this contribution) For just under two minutes, I call Mr. Michael Fabricant.

Michael Fabricant | 472 c264-5WH (Link to this contribution) This has been an enlightening but often very polarised debate, as these sorts of debates often are. ...

Kim Howells | 472 c269-71WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to take part in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Bercow. You are one ...

David Lidington | 472 c267-9WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Bercow, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (...

Speaker | 472 c271WH (Link to this contribution) I warmly thank colleagues for their co-operation in that debate.

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c249WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Bercow, and to have the opportunity to addres...

Michael Fabricant | 472 c249-50WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman at least acknowledge that the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, has sai...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c250WH (Link to this contribution) I hesitate to draw an immediate comparison between the Qassam rockets, which I unreservedly condemn—...

Brooks Newmark | 472 c250WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is talking about good will and sending messages, but what good will and messages ...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c250WH (Link to this contribution) Later on, I shall come to Ehud Olmert's engagement with the issue following the Annapolis conference...

Louise Ellman | 472 c250WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman recollect that Israelis left all the settlements in Gaza? Indeed, the settle...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c251WH (Link to this contribution) I know nothing about the company, although there may be grounds for investigation. Structures certai...

Jeremy Corbyn | 472 c251WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. During his visit, was he able to discuss t...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c250-1WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is looking for an apologist for Hamas or for that sort of statement, he should...

David Lepper | 472 c251WH (Link to this contribution) Constituents of mine who visited the west bank recently raised with me the role of the Jewish Nation...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c251WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, that issue was discussed; indeed, it was discussed before our departure and has been again sinc...

John Barrett | 472 c252WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on having secured the debate. Does he agree that the subdivision of th...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c252WH (Link to this contribution) That is my concern. Indeed, if my hon. Friend visits the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination...

Louise Ellman | 472 c252WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c252WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, but for the last time.

Louise Ellman | 472 c252WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that rather than putting forward a counsel of despair he should give f...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c252-3WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that what I have said so far is not a counsel of despair, although I accept that matters are ...

Michael Fabricant | 472 c253WH (Link to this contribution) May I take this opportunity to congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate? I understand...

Alistair Carmichael | 472 c254WH (Link to this contribution) Of course, Israel has a right to protect its citizens. Equally, however, Israel should not be in the...

Speaker | 472 c254WH (Link to this contribution) Order. No fewer than six Back-Bench Members have indicated to me that they want to speak. Colleagues...

Martin Linton | 472 c254-6WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Bercow. It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair today. I start by congratulating t...

John Barrett | 472 c259WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree, however, that the natural place to build the security barrier would b...

Douglas Carswell | 472 c259WH (Link to this contribution) I shall take three minutes, if I may. Israel is often criticised for its policy on settlements and ...

Martin Linton | 472 c258WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Bercow. I will do my best to draw my remarks to a close. The transcript of the BBC i...

Speaker | 472 c258WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I am listening with great interest and respect to the hon. Gentleman, but may I just point ou...

Martin Linton | 472 c257-8WH (Link to this contribution) We do not have to know much about Welsh history to know that the Welsh would fight tooth and nail to...

Louise Ellman | 472 c257WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend not think that he is doing the people of Wales a great disservice? Is not the nu...

Martin Linton | 472 c256-7WH (Link to this contribution) If the Welsh people were treated in the way that I described, they might do that—I do not know. The ...

Michael Fabricant | 472 c256WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting analogy, with which I identify very much as someone who is h...

Martin Linton | 472 c256WH (Link to this contribution) That is the very point that I was about to make. Over the past 2,000 years, that is what has happene...

Kim Howells | 472 c256WH (Link to this contribution) Mr. Bercow, you are a student of history, so you will know that that is exactly what happened to the...

Subjects

Armed conflict Construction Borders Housing Terrorism Israel Palestine Middle East Gaza Occupied territories

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