UK MP condemns Israeli settlement plan

During a Commons debate on humanitarian issues in occupied East al-Quds on Monday night, Stockton North Labour MP said Jerusalem was not “the international city it should be – free and fair for all residents, regardless of their religion or nationhood.”

Referring to the pressure facing the Palestinians including being surrounded by check points and barriers and being unable to live as united families without permissions from the occupying forces, he added, “It is time to demonstrate that we are just not prepared to support or even tolerate the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from east Jerusalem.”

Furthermore, he called on the British government to help stop EU funding for projects in the Palestinian occupied territories including one that provides monitoring equipment for the Israel’s apartheid wall.

However, British Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne ruled out any practical action to stop Israel although he admitted that much of what the Israeli authorities were doing was illegal.

Moreover, Palestine Solidarity Campaign said Labour MP Alex Cunningham had spoken “the truth” and that 15,000 Palestinians had already lost their right of residency in East al-Quds.

“The Jerusalem municipality has admitted that it wants to limit Palestinians to 30 per cent of the total population of the city – currently they represent 38 per cent,” said Palestine Solidarity Campaign spokeswoman Sara Apps.

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