Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roger Stott (Labour), on Thursday, 7 December 1989, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 36 members in total.

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Palestinian Intifada

That this House notes that 9th December will be the second anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada in the territories illegally occupied by the Israeli Defence Forces, during which time thousands of Palestinians have been arrested and detained, houses and crops have been destroyed, over 900 Palestinians have been killed of whom 132 were children under the age of 17 years and 37 children under the age of 13 years; further notes that Israel's continuing breaches of the Geneva Convention have been condemned by the international community; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to use every effort to persuade the Government of Israel to cease its unlawful occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank and to participate in an international peace conference which will allow the Palestinians to determine their own future.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

Palestinian Intifada (171A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Michael Latham (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 12 December 1989. It has been signed by 2 members in total.

Leave out from 'Palestinian' to end and add 'Arab violence; and calls upon the various parties to the Middle East dispute to begin immediate negotiations for free and fair elections on the West Bank and in Gaza, in accordance with the Shamir-Rabin plan, as developed by President Mubarak and Secretary of State James Baker.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

171 

171A1 

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Armed conflict Israel Palestine West Bank Gaza Occupied territories

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk