Mr. Alan Shatter:

First, I welcome the Deputy making that visit. I have visited Israel and the West Bank so many times I cannot recall the number of occasions I have been there and the different people I engaged with. I visited Gaza in the past immediately after a previous conflict and engaged with people there.

I will address why I am saying this is fantasy politics. This current conflict is horrible and should never have happened. On 6 October 2023, there was an existing ceasefire. The 1,200 people slaughtered the following day were still living. All the people who have lost their lives in Gaza were still living. Hamas chose to launch a war in circumstances where there was no police-----