Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning the violence used by Israeli forces against protestors at Sheikh Jarrah.

The UK regularly raises the issue of forced evictions from their homes, including in Sheikh Jarrah, with the Government of Israel. On 8 May Minister Cleverly publicly expressed concern over tensions in Jerusalem linked to the threatened eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. The former Foreign Secretary visited the region on 25 May where he urged the Israeli Government to take steps to ensure calm in Jerusalem. We continue to stress the importance of the Israeli security forces providing appropriate protection to the Palestinian civilian population.