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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 221868, tabled on 23 January 2015

Question

Guto Bebb
Conservative
Aberconwy
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the stability of the Fatah-Hamas Unity government in the Palestinian Authority.

Answer

Mr Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
Bournemouth East
Commons

Answered on

28 January 2015

Since its formation, the Palestinian interim technocratic government has faced considerable challenges threatening its stability – including the conflict in Gaza over the summer, ongoing internal Palestinian political tensions, the challenge of extending Palestinian Authority (PA) control over Gaza, and reconstructing Gaza. The government remains fragile and has a huge task in front of it in reuniting Gaza and the West Bank.

The UK welcomed the formation of the interim technocratic government in June, and has strongly supported government efforts to reconstruct Gaza and re-establish PA authority there.

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