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alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliaments foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we cant say, "well, we only "have bandwidth to focus on one conflict," because unfortu...

alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliaments foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we cant say, "well, we only "have bandwidth to focus on one conflict," because unfortu...

alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliaments foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we cant say, "well, we only have bandwidth to focus on one conflict," because unfortun...

alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliaments foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we cant say, "well, we only have bandwidth to focus on one conflict," because unfortun...

Describes as a partner and a staunch ally. so israel is a partner and a staunch ally. i have sat in military bunkers when we were working to defeat daesh, where i sat alongside israeli soldiers and we worked incredibly well together and they were so capable. but this specific government in israel can be a partner on some issues, but there are also times where as a partner you have to be a critical friend. if this was the us, we wouldnt hold back in telling them to do better. to quote ben wallace...

Yourself because actually "the way you choose to act now will determine your long—term "safety, your long—term stability, and our ability to "get to a solution where there isnt outright warfare "in the middle east." mm. a former defence secretary, a party colleague of yours, ben wallace, said pretty much the same thing, talked about the mistakes he believed israel was making, and he got pilloried... he did. ..by many people inside your party, and also many people in thejewish community in th...

Unfit to be a leader. sure. but im going to stop you. i mean, this is also a government the uk government describes as a partner and a staunch ally. so israel is a partner and a staunch ally. i have sat in military bunkers when we were working to defeat daesh, where i sat alongside israeli soldiers and we worked incredibly well together and they were so capable. but this specific government in israel can be a partner on some issues, but there are also times where as a partner you have to be a cr...

I mean, this is also a government the uk government describes as a partner and a staunch ally. so israel is a partner and a staunch ally. i have sat in military bunkers when we were working to defeat daesh, where i sat alongside israeli soldiers and we worked incredibly well together and they were so capable. but this specific government in israel can be a partner on some issues, but there are also times where as a partner you have to be a critical friend. if this was the us, we wouldnt hold bac...

Concerning, that we didnt see enough international leadership of people saying, "israel, you must temper yourself because actually "the way you choose to act now will determine your long—term "safety, your long—term stability, and our ability to "get to a solution where there isnt outright warfare "in the middle east." mm. a former defence secretary, a party colleague of yours, ben wallace, said pretty much the same thing, talked about the mistakes he believed israel was making, and he got p...

As a partner and a staunch ally. so israel is a partner and a staunch ally. i have sat in military bunkers when we were working to defeat daesh, where i sat alongside israeli soldiers and we worked incredibly well together and they were so capable. but this specific government in israel can be a partner on some issues, but there are also times where as a partner you have to be a criticalfriend. if this was the us, we wouldnt hold back in telling them to do better. to quote ben wallace, the forme...