BEDOUINS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL

Early day motion 2195, tabled 15 September 2011 by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 18 members.

That this House is appalled at proposals by the Israeli government to re-settle Bedouin people living in so-called unrecognised villages in the Negev Desert into larger recognised settlements; notes that this will affect tens of thousands of Bedouin, and is a policy more in keeping with historic American Indian reservations and South Africa in the apartheid era than what should happen in the 21st century; condemns the Israeli government for what is tantamount to ethnic cleansing and the destruction of the Bedouin way of life; and calls on the Government to seek the urgent support of other European Union countries for a concerted approach, also involving the United Nations, to stop Israel proceeding with its attack on Bedouin people under its control.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1.