West Bank: Construction
(asked on 19th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of the seizure of tools used for construction by Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank by the Israel Defense Forces.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 2nd February 2021
We are concerned by Israeli confiscations of Palestinian homes, structures and property. We regularly raise these issues with the Israeli authorities. The practice of confiscations causes unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians and is harmful to the peace process.