Results 1-10 of 10 for terrorism speaker:Martin Linton

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Palestinian Territories (Economic Aid) (27 Jan 2009)

Martin Linton: ...an unemployment rate of 80 per cent., and 80 per cent. of them depend on United Nations rations for refugees. I think that their sense of grievance is just as understandable. That is not to condone terrorism, home-made rockets or suicide bombers, but it is important to understand why people in Gaza feel so desperate and are prepared to go to such measures to, as they see it, defend...

Palestinian Territories (Settlements) (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Linton: ...up the west bank would lead to more violence, not less. I quote Dore Gold again: "Prevailing wisdom says if Israel gives land back the terrorists will stop. But just the opposite is the case...Terrorism is not based on political grievance. Jihadi terrorism comes from a sense of victory. A withdrawal from Jerusalem would empower radical Islam." Such tortured logic would suggest that the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (9 Jun 2008) has video

Martin Linton: Does my right hon. Friend agree with the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation that the figures that Liberty put out on detention periods in different countries are grossly misleading? Will she provide our colleagues with a fairer comparison of the effective detention periods in different countries?

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Israel and Palestinian Territories (27 Feb 2008)

Martin Linton: ...they will ever give them all up in practice. The best thing that I can do in drawing my remarks to a close is to answer the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside about terrorism. Terrorism is a very real threat. We visited Sderot, which is the one town within striking distance of Gaza and which has been suffering a rain of rockets ever since the Israeli...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007)

Martin Linton: ...and watching them encroach on more Palestinian land every day. I found his answer deeply depressing. He said that calling a halt to the expansion of settlements could be seen as a victory for terrorism, and the Israeli Government would not do anything that could be seen as a victory for terrorism. I think that the truth is the reverse, and I should be interested to know whether my right...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007)

Martin Linton: ...towns as Qalqilya, which is surrounded on three sides by the wall, which of course Palestinians cannot pass. Before I am accused of being an extremist, I should say that Palestinians who support terrorist organisations are extremely misguided and are acting against their own interests. However, if the Israelis go on expanding the settlements, they must expect that terrorists will get more...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Martin Linton: ..., which was alluded to by the right hon. Member for North-West Cambridgeshire (Sir Brian Mawhinney), is the perfectionist argument—that because ID cards will not stop all international terrorism overnight or end all crime they are wrong and we should do nothing. The fallaciousness of that argument should be immediately apparent to every Member of this House. The mere fact that...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Martin Linton: ...engaged in the peace process. The point that I would most want to make to my right hon. Friend is that the biggest inhibition to peace in the middle east is not so much the problem of Palestinian terrorism, as territorial expansion by the Israeli Government in the west bank. I asked him recently about the case of an Israeli settlement called Ma'ale Adumim, which is halfway between...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Martin Linton: ...the other side to have permanent security within the borders. We need to be careful not to make it a precondition of progress on the road map that there should be a complete stop on acts of terrorism. It is not that we should not desire such a stop, but making it a precondition is to put a veto in the hands of suicide bombers. We should try to proceed with an unconditional withdrawal from...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Martin Linton: Indeed. I believe that we must use all the resources available to us in the fight against international terrorism. One proposal in the Queen's Speech will play an important role in that fight. I would never suggest that identity cards are a panacea that would stop international terrorism in its tracks. Indeed, it has been shown that they would have made no difference in the attack on the...