Today was Foreign Office Questions in Parliament. As usual, Israel/Palestine featured heavily (somewhat surprisingly only the THREE questions today!) Some excellent contributions from both sides of the house and one or two interesting answers from the F.O
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Firstly we had MP and @CFoI Parliamentary Chairman @SCrabbPembs speaking of the wonderful work by @SaveChildsHeart in saving the lives of both Palestinian and Israeli children and the importance of projects such as SACH that bring together both Palestinians and Israelis.
Another fine contribution from Conservative MP Philip Hollobone who highlighted the recent HRW report on the abuse, torture and kidnappings being perpetrated by both Hamas and the P.A Interesting response by @AlistairBurtUK on UKs funding to 'other areas' in the 'sector!'
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Next, @LouiseEllman asked the Minister of State on the situation regarding the Palestinian 'right of return'
Good to hear @AlistairBurtUK acknowledge that Hamas had now virtually taken over the demos at Gaza border & were indeed sending CHILDREN to the frontline!
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Good to hear @AlistairBurtUK acknowledge that Hamas had now virtually taken over the demos at Gaza border & were indeed sending CHILDREN to the frontline!
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And finally, it was left to @IanAustinMP to put things clearly into perspective as to exactly is the situation in Gaza and why it is Hamas that is the main obstacle to any chance of peace!
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