Israel: Palestinians
(asked on 9th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning reports that Israeli and Palestinian children are being treated differently by the Israeli criminal justice system.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 23rd January 2018
We regularly raise concerns about the treatment of Palestinian minors in detention. In December 2017, our Ambassador to Tel Aviv raised with the Israeli Justice Minister the issue of Palestinian children in detention. The Minister for the Middle East most recently raised our concerns with the Israeli authorities during his visit to Israel in August 2017.