To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Israel on the concerns raised by Physicians for Human Rights Israel that cancer patients in Gaza continue to have their permits for travel in order to receive treatment withheld by the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement.
Answered on
1 March 2019
The movement restrictions and the serious constraints imposed by the occupation impact the health of the population as well as the further development of quality health services, especially in Gaza. We remain deeply concerned about restrictions on movement and access in Gaza, and the impact that this is having on the humanitarian situation. We have frequent discussions with the Government of Israel and Egypt about the need to ease restrictions on Gaza. We call on the Israeli Government to ease restrictions further and for Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt to work together to ensure a durable solution for Gaza.