Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 19 February 2008.
Brooks Newmark
Opposition Whip (Commons)
2:30,
19 February 2008
Given that much of the smuggling into Gaza is done by the Bedouin tribes through deep tunnels, I am curious as to what conversations the Minister has had with his counterpart in Egypt about gaining greater control over the Bedouins and the smuggling that they are carrying out.
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Miall James
Posted on 20 Feb 2008 2:29 pm (Report this annotation)
Would it not be better to accept that Hamas, however unpleasant some of it's policies may be, won a reasonably democratic election in Gaza and the rest of the world should try to work with Hamas, instead of adopting a "holier than thou" attitude. That might give some relief to the Palestinian people.