Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel in regard to the extended detention without trial of the Palestinian–French lawyer Salah Hamouri.

While we have not discussed this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we remain concerned about Israel’s extensive use of administrative detention. According to international law, administrative detention should be used only when absolutely necessary for security purposes rather than as routine practice, and as a preventive rather than a punitive measure. We continue to call on the Israeli authorities to comply with their obligations under international law and to either charge or release detainees.