Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the shooting of a Palestinian student drinking from a water fountain in a Jerusalem school, what representations they will make to the government of Israel concerning schools in the West Bank becoming secure areas for children.

While we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, our officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv regularly raise the issues of excessive use of force and human rights violations against children with Israeli authorities. Most recently, our Ambassador in Tel Aviv discussed Israel Defence Forces excessive use of force with the Israeli Attorney General.