Banning Of Arab Parties In Israel
EDM number 491 in 2008-09, proposed by John Austin on 19/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Middle East.
That this House condemns the decision by the Israeli Central Election Committee to ban two Arab political parties, United Arab List-Talal and Balad, from standing in next month's Israeli General Election; notes that this decision further undermines Israel's claims to be a democracy; further notes that whilst their suspension was proposed by the ultra nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu and National Union it was also supported by other Israeli Jewish parties, including Labour; further notes that United Arab List-Talal and Balad currently have seven members of the Knesset and that the reasons cited for the ban include that they had called for equal rights and had refused to recognise Israel as a democratic state; and calls on the Government to make urgent representations to get the ban lifted and to ensure that such measures are never repeated again.
This motion has been signed by a total of 75 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
John Austin | 19/01/2009 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Proposed |
Phyllis Starkey | 19/01/2009 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Seconded |
Brian Iddon | 19/01/2009 | Bolton South East | Labour | Seconded |
Bob Russell | 19/01/2009 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Peter Bottomley | 19/01/2009 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
Evan Harris | 19/01/2009 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
David Drew | 20/01/2009 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
Jim Devine | 20/01/2009 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
Angus MacNeil | 20/01/2009 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 20/01/2009 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Signed |
Roger Berry | 20/01/2009 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 20/01/2009 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew George | 20/01/2009 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 20/01/2009 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Gordon Marsden | 20/01/2009 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
David Lepper | 20/01/2009 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
Peter Kilfoyle | 20/01/2009 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 20/01/2009 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 20/01/2009 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Ken Purchase | 21/01/2009 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour | Signed |
Mark Durkan | 21/01/2009 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Martin Caton | 21/01/2009 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Richard Burden | 21/01/2009 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 21/01/2009 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
Martin Linton | 21/01/2009 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 21/01/2009 | Hampstead and Highgate | Labour | Signed |
Paul Holmes | 21/01/2009 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 21/01/2009 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 21/01/2009 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
Colin Breed | 22/01/2009 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 22/01/2009 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Hamilton | 22/01/2009 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
Clive Betts | 22/01/2009 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
Annette Brooke | 26/01/2009 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roger Williams | 26/01/2009 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 26/01/2009 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 26/01/2009 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 26/01/2009 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 26/01/2009 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 26/01/2009 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Labour | Signed |
Malcolm Bruce | 26/01/2009 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alasdair McDonnell | 26/01/2009 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | 26/01/2009 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
Marsha Singh | 26/01/2009 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
Clare Short | 26/01/2009 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Independent Labour | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 26/01/2009 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
Frank Cook | 27/01/2009 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Linda Riordan | 27/01/2009 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 27/01/2009 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
Don Foster | 27/01/2009 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 27/01/2009 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 27/01/2009 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Adam Price | 27/01/2009 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Janet Dean | 28/01/2009 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Hywel Francis | 28/01/2009 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
John Leech | 28/01/2009 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jennifer Willott | 28/01/2009 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ian McCartney | 29/01/2009 | Makerfield | Labour | Signed |
Andy Slaughter | 29/01/2009 | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Labour | Signed |
Julia Goldsworthy | 29/01/2009 | Falmouth and Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mike Wood | 29/01/2009 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 02/02/2009 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 02/02/2009 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
John Hemming | 02/02/2009 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Chris McCafferty | 03/02/2009 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 03/02/2009 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
Terry Rooney | 05/02/2009 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 09/02/2009 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 23/02/2009 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Richard Younger-Ross | 23/02/2009 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John McDonnell | 27/02/2009 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Vincent Cable | 03/03/2009 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ian Gibson | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
Lyn Brown | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
George Mudie | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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