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Synagogues: Security

Commons · Question 81794 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the UK Government's recognition of a Palestinian State and (b) Jihadi public threats against Jews on the security of Synagogues; and w

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 29 Oct 2025

The UK has formally recognised Palestine to protect the viability of a two-state solution and to create a path towards lasting peace for the Israeli and Palestinian people. A two-state solution, with a safe and secure Israel alongside a viable and soverei...