A VIABLE PALESTINIAN STATE

Early day motion 327, tabled 30 October 2001 by Tony Clarke (Labour). Signed by 110 members.

That this House welcomes the recent statement by the Prime Minister declaring his public support for the creation of a viable Palestinian state in the context of 'a just peace in which Israelis and Palestinians live side by side, each in their own state, secure and able to prosper and develop; calls upon the Government and international community to hold the Government of Ariel Sharon unequivocally accountable for its policy of brute military force against a Palestinian civilian population, during incursions by the Israeli army into Palestinian-controlled territories in direct defiance of the US State Department's call on Israel to withdraw; further calls on the international community, and in particularly the UK and the US, to take the lead in insisting that international law be applied in the Occupied Territories and seek to facilitate through intense diplomatic efforts the return to peace negotiations; and notes that the failure through intense diplomatic efforts the return to peace negotiations; and notes that the failure to take action could result in the undermining and even collapse of the Palestinian Authority accompanied by an inevitable and dangerous further destabilisation in the region.

Signatures by party: Labour 75, Liberal Democrat 24, Labour/Co-operative 6, Plaid Cymru 3, Scottish National Party 2.