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Security Situation In Israel

EDM number 231 in 2008-09, proposed by James Arbuthnot on 10/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government, Middle East and Military operations.

That this House notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in Israel's southern communities of Ashkelon, Sderot and the western Negav; condemns the firing of over 200 rockets and mortars, including long-range Katyusha rockets, from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip since 5 November 2008; recognises the toll these rocket attacks are taking on the people of Sderot in particular, two thirds of whom suffer post-traumatic stress disorder and whose lives are shaped by warning sirens and bomb shelters; acknowledges Hamas' violation of the ceasefire with Israel and its deliberate launching of rockets from populated areas into civilian territory; denounces the continued digging of tunnels in Gaza to smuggle arms, military equipment and militants into the territory to launch further attacks against Israel; further recognises the critical humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip; calls for rapid improvement in the humanitarian and economic circumstances of the Gazan people; urges Hamas to stop the rocket and mortar attacks in order that Israel can at all times keep the crossings into Gaza open; welcomes the Foreign Secretary's recent visit to Sderot, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, as well as his efforts on behalf of the Government to meet and work with those people who seek a just and peaceful resolution to the conflict; further recognises that the US-led Annapolis process has produced progress to date; and believes this represents the best opportunity to turn the two state solution into a reality.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
James Arbuthnot10/12/2008North East HampshireConservativeProposed
Alan Beith10/12/2008Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Gwynne10/12/2008Denton and ReddishLabourSeconded
Graham Brady10/12/2008Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSeconded
Robert Syms10/12/2008PooleConservativeSeconded
Nigel Evans10/12/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Malcolm Moss10/12/2008North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Brooks Newmark10/12/2008BraintreeConservativeSigned
Mike Wood11/12/2008Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Lee Scott11/12/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Stewart Jackson11/12/2008PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley11/12/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Amess11/12/2008Southend WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Dismore11/12/2008HendonLabourSigned
John Butterfill11/12/2008Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
Joan Humble15/12/2008Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson15/12/2008Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell15/12/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Philip Davies15/12/2008ShipleyConservativeSigned
Jonathan Djanogly16/12/2008HuntingdonConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter16/12/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams16/12/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech16/12/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Hands16/12/2008Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson16/12/2008UpminsterConservativeSigned
Andrew Miller16/12/2008Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Tom Harris16/12/2008Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Crabb16/12/2008Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Nick Harvey17/12/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray17/12/2008North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Evan Harris18/12/2008Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Luff18/12/2008Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Jo Swinson18/12/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer12/01/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell12/01/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope14/01/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Eric Joyce14/01/2009FalkirkLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey15/01/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Dari Taylor20/01/2009Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Roger Williams21/01/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis22/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Louise Ellman02/02/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned

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