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EVICTION OF PALESTINIAN BEDOUIN COMMUNITIES FROM ISRAELI-OCCUPIED WEST BANK

EDM (Early Day Motion) 60: tabled on 01 June 2015

Tabled in the 2015-16 session.

This motion has been signed by 75 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House notes with deep concern that, despite being a clear and egregious violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel advanced a 'relocation plan' that will see 7,000 Palestinian Bedouins and herders, 60 per cent of them children, who currently reside in 46 small residential areas, forcibly transferred and their homes demolished; further notes that, according to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, most families have pending home demolition orders, 85 per cent of which lack connection to electricity and water, and that two-thirds of Palestinian communities have experienced extreme settler violence creating a coercive environment that functions as push factors; affirms Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the International Committee of the Red Cross's legal interpretation, that mass forcible transfer and forced evictions of protected peoples in occupied territory is prohibited under international humanitarian law and human rights law; reminds the Government of its obligations to ensure that Israel, as an occupying power, abides by its legal obligation to protect the civilian population in the occupied territory and administer it for their benefit; believes that these plans will undermine Palestinian presence in the area, further disconnect Palestinian Jerusalem from the West Bank and disrupt the territorial contiguity of the occupied territory; urges the Government to condemn Israel's actions and policy as flagrant violations of international law; calls for urgent action to be taken to oppose these policies; and further calls on the Government to pressure the State of Israel to immediately scrap the outrageous relocation plans.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Abbott, Ms Diane
Labour
Signed on 11 June 2015
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Anderson, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Blaydon
Blackman-Woods, Dr Roberta
Labour
Signed on 13 July 2015
City of Durham
Boswell, Philip
Scottish National Party
Signed on 3 June 2015
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 3 June 2015
Worthing West
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 June 2015
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Cadbury, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2015
Brentford and Isleworth
Campbell, Mr Ronnie
Labour
Signed on 3 June 2015
Blyth Valley
Champion, Sarah
Labour
Signed on 11 June 2015
Rotherham
Crausby, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 10 June 2015
Bolton North East
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Coventry South
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 2 June 2015
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Debbonaire, Thangam
Labour
Signed on 3 June 2015
Bristol West
Dowd, Jim
Labour
Signed on 10 June 2015
Lewisham West and Penge
Duncan, Sir Alan
Conservative
Signed on 3 June 2015
Rutland and Melton
Durkan, Mark
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 1 June 2015
Foyle
Edwards, Jonathan
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 3 June 2015
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Fitzpatrick, Jim
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Poplar and Limehouse
Flello, Robert
Labour
Signed on 15 June 2015
Stoke-on-Trent South
Flynn, Paul
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Newport West
Foxcroft, Vicky
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2015
Lewisham, Deptford
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 June 2015
North Ayrshire and Arran
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
North Tyneside
Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Birmingham, Hall Green
Hendrick, Mr Mark
Labour
Signed on 18 June 2015
Preston
Hoey, Kate
Labour
Signed on 16 July 2015
Vauxhall
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Blackburn
Hopkins, Kelvin
Labour
Signed on 2 June 2015
Luton North
Hussain, Imran
Labour
Signed on 9 June 2015
Bradford East
Kerr, Calum
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 June 2015
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Kinnock, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 9 June 2015
Aberavon
Lamb, Norman
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 2 July 2015
North Norfolk
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 3 June 2015
Wansbeck
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 3 June 2015
Dundee West
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on 9 June 2015
Salford and Eccles
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 4 June 2015
Brighton, Pavilion
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 3 June 2015
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Mactaggart, Fiona
Labour
Signed on 11 June 2015
Slough
Marsden, Gordon
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2015
Blackpool South
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 16 June 2015
York Central
Mathias, Dr Tania
Conservative
Signed on 13 July 2015
Twickenham
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 15 June 2015
Middlesbrough
McDonnell, Dr Alasdair
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 3 June 2015
Belfast South
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Hayes and Harlington
McGarry, Natalie
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 June 2015
Glasgow East
McInnes, Liz
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Heywood and Middleton
Meale, Sir Alan
Labour
Signed on 15 June 2015
Mansfield
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 1 July 2015
Glasgow North West
Mulholland, Greg
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 7 September 2015
Leeds North West
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 June 2015
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 3 June 2015
Argyll and Bute
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on 2 July 2015
Bolton South East
Rayner, Angela
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2015
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ritchie, Ms Margaret
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 1 June 2015
South Down
Salmond, Alex
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2015
Gordon
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 3 June 2015
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 2 June 2015
Edinburgh East
Sherriff, Paula
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2015
Dewsbury
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 3 June 2015
Glasgow South West
Stevens, Jo
Labour
Signed on 2 June 2015
Cardiff Central
Streeting, Wes
Labour
Signed on 7 September 2015
Ilford North
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 12 October 2015
Glasgow Central
Vaz, Valerie
Labour
Signed on 7 July 2015
Walsall South
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 June 2015
Central Ayrshire
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 3 June 2015
Arfon
Williams, Mr Mark
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 10 June 2015
Ceredigion
Wishart, Pete
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 June 2015
Perth and North Perthshire
Zeichner, Daniel
Labour
Signed on 24 June 2015
Cambridge

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.