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Baroness Blackstone (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 June 2026

Debate

Lebanon: Israel Defense Forces Operations

Contribution

My Lords, I too condemn Hezbollah’s actions in northern Israel, but I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for what she has said about how this problem should be dealt with. Some 20% of the population of Lebanon has been displaced—well over a million people—and thousands have been injured and hundreds killed. This kind of aggressive action by the IDF and the Israeli Government cannot be the best way of securing a long-term solution to the problems Lebanon, its Government and many of its civilians are facing. Will the Minister therefore also say a bit more about what policies the Government are now following to try to get disengagement on both sides—Iran as well as Israel—so that a long-term solution can be found to the terrible problems the Lebanese are suffering?

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