Extracts from Queen's Speech debate (Commons) (day 1) - May 11

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 08:16

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Ind) [V]:...The news over the last couple of days has been heavily dominated by what is happening in Jerusalem and what is happening now in Gaza. Some years ago, I went to Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem, a place of Palestinian homes. It has been a place of Palestinian homes for almost all of my lifetime. Settlers are trying to drive the people out of those homes, and this is emblematic of the way in which settlers all across the west bank have taken over...Request free trial