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“Negotiations in Cairo present a genuine opportunity for the violence to end, to provide peace and security to Palestinians and Israelis and for movement and access restrictions to be lifted. It is important that the Palestinian Authority returns to Gaza to provide services and security to all Gazans.

The devastation I have seen today in Gaza serves to underline the need for the need for all parties to work urgently towards a negotiated two state solution, creating a Palestinian State with Gaza as a fundamental part of it, and Jerusalem as a shared capital, alongside Israel.” (Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood following his visit to the Gaza Strip, 06/10/2014)