Submitted on Sunday 15th October 2023
Rejected on Wednesday 25th October 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Show UK support for a two-state solution by funding Israel & Palestine equally.
HM Government has recently expressed its unflinching support for Israel's right to exist, but in a way that could be interpreted as ignoring the plight of ordinary Palestinians dating back to the British Mandate. To avoid undermining the two-state solution policy, a more balanced approach is needed.
Ways of showing greater balance are:
1) to reiterate consistently that the general populations are not responsible for the injustices & harm suffered on either side;
2) to fund the rebuilding of the Palestinian infrastructure & economy at least equally to the value of any military & other support to Israel, to publicly declare that it is doing so;
3) to state that defending the right of Palestinians to dignity & safety while under occupation is not incompatible with Israel's right to exist.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
The UK does not provide aid to Israel, but does provide aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), and the Government has announced £10 million of additional humanitarian aid to support civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. You can find out more about this here: www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-10m-humanitarian-aid-for-civilians-in-occupied-palestinian-territories
It's therefore not clear what changes you want the Government to make to the support it provides to Palestine.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Increase aid and support for Palestinians: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/648337
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to provide funding to help with the rebuilding of Gaza, if that's what you want to happen.
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