Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 3015

Palestinian Authority: Hamas

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Andrew Bowie

Conservative — West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the strength of links between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation responsible for an act of barbarism on October 7 that sought to kill countless Israelis and provoke wider conflict with Palestinians.  Hamas cannot remain in charge of Gaza. The UK supports a two-state solution...

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