UK POLICY ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Early day motion 981, tabled 4 March 2009 by Phyllis Starkey (Labour). Signed by 66 members.

That this House notes the Foreign Secretary's repeated statements that Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the demolition of Palestinian homes and expropriation of Palestinian land for settlement infrastructure and the so-called security wall are illegal and an obstacle to peace; welcomes the steps the British Government has taken to stop settlements goods imported into the EU from benefiting from the preferences of the EU-Israel Trade Agreement; and congratulates the British Embassy in Tel Aviv for ending negotiations to move to new premises in the development company Africa-Israel's Kirya Tower because of that company's involvement in construction projects in three illegal settlements at Matityahu East, Har Homa and Ma'aleh Adumim.

Signatures by party: Labour 43, Liberal Democrat 15, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Scottish National Party 2, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.