Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports of Israeli settlers illegally obtaining Palestinian-owned land in East Jerusalem.

While we have not raised this issue, we will continue to make clear our concerns over East Jerusalem to the Israeli authorities and the Municipality of Jerusalem, both bilaterally and in co-operation with our EU partners. We view any attempts to change the facts on the ground as a serious provocation likely to raise tensions and cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians, as well as being harmful to the peace process and in contravention of international law.