PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gaza: Israel (23 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the conference entitled Preparing to resettle Gaza, which took place in Israel on Monday 21 October 2024.

Asked by:
Abtisam Mohamed (Labour)

The Foreign Secretary has not yet discussed this conference with his Israeli counterpart. The UK's position on all settlements is clear; they are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace and threaten the physical viability of a two-state solution. The Government will challenge those who undermine the prospects of a two-state solution or use hateful rhetoric.

We support a two-state solution that guarantees security and stability for both the Israeli and Palestinian people. We must give the people of the West Bank and Gaza the political horizon of a credible route to a Palestinian state and a new future, and it needs to be irreversible.

Answered by:
Mr Hamish Falconer (Labour)
31 October 2024