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Revealed: MPs spend more time on average talking about Israel than any other foreign nation

Members spent nearly double the amount of time discussing the Gaza War compared to the alleged genocide in Sudan or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

January 14, 2025 17:11
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British MPs are still spending more time on average talking about Israel than any other foreign country, the JC can reveal.

Analysis of Urgent Questions (UQ) and ministerial statements made in the chamber of the House of Commons showed that, on average, MPs spent nearly double the amount of time discussing Israel and the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza in comparison to other conflicts such as the war in Sudan – described as a “genocide” by the United States – and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In the period between November 7, 2024 – immediately after the JC exposed that in the year after October 7 MPs spent more time discussing the Israeli Palestinian conflict than about the NHS or other foreign conflicts like Sudan and Ukraine – to January 14, a total of 17 UQs and statements relating to foreign countries were discussed in the House of Commons.

Unlike the previous period, there didn’t appear to be a disproportionate number of UQs and statements asked regarding the Israeli Palestinian conflict.