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1133061

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date	18/06/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Jerusalem: Orthodox Church
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sale of Greek Orthodox Church property in East Jerusalem and reports that the sale is being conducted illegally.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL16479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of sales of Greek Orthodox Church property in East Jerusalem, but have not made any assessment of their legality. The British Government does not routinely comment on private property matters. The British Government continues to view settlements in East Jerusalem as illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/07/2019 14:59:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1133062

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Lama Khater
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the arrest and imprisonment of the Palestinian journalist Lama Khater.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL16480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>​Whilst we are aware of this case, we have not made any specific representations to the Israeli authorities. The Government is committed to the promotion of media freedom and the protection of journalists, as an essential element of democracy and an important attribute of human rights. The former Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, met leaders of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate in London on 4 July 2018 where they discussed the situation facing Palestinian journalists and the constraints on their work, while officials from the British Consulate in East Jerusalem and our Embassy in Tel Aviv hosted a roundtable in April this year with foreign journalists serving in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to discuss media freedom.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/07/2019 15:12:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1133063

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Jerusalem: Cemeteries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about the destruction by the the Israel Defense Forces of graves of Muslim leaders in East Jerusalem in order to build a national park.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL16481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>While we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we continue to view East Jerusalem as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We remain concerned about actions which further entrench the Israeli occupation, and regularly make representations to the Israeli government about such actions, such as settlement expansion and the destruction of Palestinian property.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/07/2019 15:21:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge