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421923

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
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	Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli government on the use of force by Israeli security personnel in response to protests.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	12182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>On 15 October, the Charge d'Affaires at our Embassy in Israel raised our concerns with Israel’s Deputy National Security Adviser, including specific discussions around punitive demolitions and the security at the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif. On 16 October the National Security Adviser, Mark Lyall Grant, spoke with Israel’s National Security Adviser, Yossi Cohen, about the violence in Jerusalem and called for de-escalation and the need to do everything possible to keep the situation calm. Our officials at our Embassy in Tel Aviv continue to urge both sides to de-escalate the current tensions.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 22/10/2015 11:06:02 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede previous answer version 25008 answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

385736

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of hostility towards religious minorities in Israel following the arsonist attack on and desecration of the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves in Tabgha on the night of 17 June.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
uin	HL860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Freedom of religion or belief continues to be a priority for this Government. We regularly raise individual cases and discriminatory legislation with other governments and we support overseas programmes designed to overcome prejudice, discrimination and sectarianism.</p><p>On 18 June, officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv lobbied senior contacts in the Israeli National Security Council and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure quick and high level condemnation and action from the Israeli government to catch the perpetrators of this attack. On 19 June our Ambassador in Tel Aviv issued a local statement criticising the vandalising and burning of the Church &quot;Loaves and Fishes&quot; at the Kineret. He said &quot;This was a disgusting act of disrespect at one of Christianity's holiest sites. The British Government welcomes the determination of the Israeli authorities to bring those responsible to justice.”</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/07/2015 13:56:34 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

384496

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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	Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the suspected arson attack on the Roman Catholic Church at Tabgha, what discussions they have had with the government of Israel concerning Zionist extremism.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>On 18 June officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv lobbied senior contacts in the Israeli National Security Council and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure quick and high level condemnation and action from the Israeli government to catch the perpetrators of this attack.</p><p>On 19 June our Ambassador in Tel Aviv issued a local statement criticising the vandalising and burning of the Church &quot;Loaves and Fishes&quot; at the Kineret. He said &quot;This was a disgusting act of disrespect at one of Christianity's holiest sites. The British Government welcomes the determination of the Israeli authorities to bring those responsible to justice.”</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/07/2015 12:10:37 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

346770

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Israel
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 regarding that country's co-operation with the International Criminal Court concerning charges of war crimes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Israel is not a party to the Statute of the International Criminal Court. Nonetheless we have encouraged the Israelis, as we do all countries, to cooperate with the preliminary examination currently being conducted by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Court.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/06/2015 14:54:39 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

228547

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with their Israeli counterparts since the Israeli elections on 17 March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	228397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>None of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers have had any discussions with their Israeli counterparts since the Israeli elections on 17 March. We looked forward to maintaining excellent relations with the new Israeli government, when formed.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/03/2015 17:19:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

227452

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Israel's nuclear submarine capability.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text In accordance with longstanding convention followed by successive governments, we are not in a position to comment on the detail of intelligence matters. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/03/2015 13:54:48 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

227453

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what encouragement they will give to Israel to become a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>We have consistently called on Israel to join the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear state and to agree a full scope Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Our objective is to achieve a Middle East free from Weapons of Mass Destruction, but realistically this will only be possible when political solutions have been found to the tensions in the region.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/03/2015 13:54:36 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

227522

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Israeli government to stop the demolition of Umm al-Hiran.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	227621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv continue to follow the case of Um Il Hiran closely. The Adalah Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, who wrote the report ‘Nomads Against their Will’, issued in 2011, have briefed us on the legal updates since then. We understand the hardships facing the Bedouins of Um il Hiran and continue to study the situation in order to inform any future lobbying.</p><p>Officials have also been in contact with several other organisations that work within the Bedouin community, such as Itach-Maaki and the Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation – Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development, to evaluate the best sort of support we can offer the Bedouin community in the Naqab/Negev.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/03/2015 14:48:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

227523

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on plans to demolish Umm al-Hiran in the Negev.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	227622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv continue to follow the case of Um Il Hiran closely. The Adalah Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, who wrote the report ‘Nomads Against their Will’, issued in 2011, have briefed us on the legal updates since then. We understand the hardships facing the Bedouins of Um il Hiran and continue to study the situation in order to inform any future lobbying.</p><p>Officials have also been in contact with several other organisations that work within the Bedouin community, such as Itach-Maaki and the Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation – Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development, to evaluate the best sort of support we can offer the Bedouin community in the Naqab/Negev.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/03/2015 14:49:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

227524

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department provides support to the civil rights organisation Adalah in Israel.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	227623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not provide financial support to Adalah but we are in close contact with them as well as a number of other organisations who are closely following the situation of Bedouins in Israel.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/03/2015 14:54:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson