CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

FOREIGN AFFAIRS – CEASEFIRE IN GAZA - 21 February 2024

FOREIGN AFFAIRS – CEASEFIRE IN GAZA - 21 February 2024

Sir Julian Lewis: I could understand the hon. Gentleman’s [Brendan O’Hara’s] argument better if he were talking about what the Americans seem to call a temporary ceasefire to see whether more hostages could be released, but he appears to be calling for an unconditional ceasefire – I see people nodding – which would leave all the hostages at the mercy of Hamas. Does that not put Israel in the position where previously it has had to release 1,000 people who had been criminally convicted in order to get one soldier back? Indeed, one of the people Israel released was the person who organised the Hamas atrocities on 7 October.