Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the implications for them if, as a signatory to the Fourth Geneva Convention, they except Israel from the terms of the Convention.

It has long been the Government’s view that Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is governed by the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to which Israel is a state party. We repeatedly call on Israel to abide by its obligations under international law and have a regular dialogue with Israel on legal issues relating to the occupation, including settlements and the treatment of Palestinian children in military custody.