That this House welcomes the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas; expresses its relief at the release of the living hostages, and a cessation of the Israeli Government’s military operations; further expresses its anger at Hamas’ failure to rapidly repatriate the remaining hostages’ bodies; calls on Hamas to do so immediately; further calls on the Israeli Government to reopen all aid routes and flood Gaza with supplies; calls on all actors to exercise restraint and refrain from further violence or military action; expresses its hope that President Trump’s peace plan can lay the groundwork for a durable peace; notes with concern the plan’s lack of clarity on disarming Hamas, the timeline for the IDF’s withdrawal from Gaza and establishing a clear pathway to a two-state solution; believes that mechanisms for accountability must form a key part of any sustainable peace, including pressuring the Israeli Government to allow journalists and investigators into Gaza to collect evidence of war crimes by all sides; recognises that Trump’s plan fails to address continued Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem which undermines the viability of a two-state solution; expresses alarm at the escalation in settler violence against Palestinian communities, most recently during the West Bank’s olive harvest; further calls on the Government to ban trade with the illegal settlements; further notes the vital importance of democratic reform within the Palestinian Authority to support state-building in Palestine; and calls on the Government to push for reforms, including tackling corruption, within the Palestinian Authority.
Signatories (43)
- Calum Miller Sponsor
- Monica Harding
- James MacCleary
- Dr Al Pinkerton
- Richard Foord
- Edward Morello
- Charlotte Cane
- Ian Roome
- Wera Hobhouse
- Mr Angus MacDonald
- Sarah Dyke
- Dr Danny Chambers
- Vikki Slade
- Rachel Gilmour
- Max Wilkinson
- Clive Jones
- Manuela Perteghella
- Dr Roz Savage
- Jess Brown-Fuller
- Andrew George
- Alex Brewer
- Mr Will Forster
- Olly Glover
- Brian Mathew
- Helen Maguire
- Christine Jardine
- Liz Jarvis
- Claire Young
- Alison Bennett
- Gideon Amos
- Sarah Gibson
- John Milne
- Pippa Heylings
- Daisy Cooper
- Freddie van Mierlo
- Mr Lee Dillon
- Munira Wilson
- Lisa Smart
- Victoria Collins
- Susan Murray
- Wendy Chamberlain
- Tom Morrison
- Helen Morgan