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o one will have failed to notice the news coverage of the hostilities in the Middle East and sadly


the lives that have been lost on both sides. The news that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has now been agreed was welcome but is only the first step on a long road to peace, a destination which, at


the moment, seems impossible to reach. An immediate cessation of violence on all sides was desperately needed and the task is now for this temporary ceasefire to be turned into a durable peace. Labour were the first UK


party to call for a full scale UN diplomatic initiative to end the violence. We urged the Secretary General of the


United Nations to travel to the region because sustained international engagement will be vital in helping to bring this conflict to an end. A full-scale ground


invasion would have been a disaster for the peoples of both Gaza and Israel as it would have risked escalating the death toll and further damaged the hope for peace


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