PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Palestinians: Human Rights (26 November 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to defend the human rights of Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories.
Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Answer
We remain seriously concerned about the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). We continue to raise concerns with the Israeli Government on instances constituting a breach of international human rights and humanitarian law in the context of Israel’s occupation of the OPTs, including demolitions, settlement construction, and the treatment of children in military detention. We also raise our concerns over human rights abuses by the Palestinian Authority and oppose the human rights abuses by Hamas in Gaza.
Answered by:
Alistair Burt (Conservative)
4 December 2018
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