Written questions

West Bank: Violence

Commons · Question 50392 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 May 2025

Question

Asked by Cat Eccles

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle settler violence in the West Bank.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 14 May 2025

Settler violence is unacceptable, and settlements are illegal under international law. The Foreign Secretary has been clear with Israeli ministers that they must clamp down on settler violence and end settler expansion and has previously met with Palestin...