Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Palestinian Authority, whether her Department has raised concerns with representatives of the Authority about an article in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida on 5 April 2021 referring to the Park Hotel suicide bombers as self-sacrificing and heroic.

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.