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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 January 2026

Debate

Middle East and North Africa

Contribution

My Lords, on Gaza, I very much associate myself with the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, about the lack of progress on the peace process. The Statement talks about NGOs being banned, aid being stuck at the borders and the huge continuing humanitarian crisis that is contributing to. With that in mind, I note that the Foreign Press Association has expressed profound disappointment that the ban on free and unfettered access for foreign journalists in Gaza has continued. In the last year, Gaza was the deadliest place to work as a journalist; 56 Palestinian media professionals were killed in the last year there. Clearly, getting international eyes on the ground is important for the world to understand what is happening. Are the British Government pushing for that to happen so the situation can open up to media scrutiny?

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