Many in #Newcastle are upset by what they see as different value placed on Palestinian lives, dignity & Islamophobia and Israeli lives, dignity & antisemitism.
I asked the Minister to condemn Israelis who reject a Palestinian state & the shocking actions by Israeli soldiers. pic.twitter.com/jjxcG3851g— Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) February 27, 2024
HANSARD:
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
The possibility of an end to the killing—whatever we call it—brings hope in Gaza, Israel and, indeed, here, but I fear that divisions in our communities will remain. Many constituents have written to me upset at the difference they see in how Palestinian lives, Palestinian dignity and Islamophobia are valued in comparison with Israeli lives, Israeli dignity and antisemitism. Can the Minister go some way to perhaps addressing those concerns by condemning, for example, the Israeli Ministers and others who have ruled out a Palestinian state? Will he condemn the occupation, as well as settler violence? Will he condemn the Israeli soldiers who filmed themselves posing on the bicycles of dead Gazan children or rifling through the clothes of dead Gazan women?