Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 3584 on Karim and Maher Younes, what representations the Government has made to the Palestinian Authority the naming of town squares in Jenin and Tulkarem after Karim Younes and Maher Younes respectively; and what assessment she has made of the impact of those representations on the decision not to rename those town squares.

Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority includes a commitment from the Palestinian leadership to adhere to the principle of non-violence and to tackle any language and actions that could incite violence or hatred. We continue to urge the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships to avoid engaging in, or encouraging, any type of action and language that makes it more difficult to achieve a negotiated solution to the conflict.