Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), on Wednesday, 4 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 39 members in total.

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NATURAL RESOURCES OF PALESTINE

That this House acknowledges the view of the World Bank that Israel's occupation is preventing Palestine from accessing its natural resources, including not only oil and gas but also agricultural land and water acquifers; notes the natural gas reserves of Gaza Marine One and Noa South of Gaza Marine Two are in Gaza's territorial waters and contain at least $5 billion of gas; further notes that BG Group has held a licence since 1999 but Israel's intransigence has prevented it from commencing exploration; further notes the already operational Meged oil field in Israel is believed to contain reserves of at least 3.5 million barrels and to extend into the Occupied West Bank; further notes that Israel has also issued licences for oil exploration in the occupied Golan Heights in violation of international law; recalls that the Oslo Accords oblige Israel to co-ordinate exploration for natural resources in shared territory with the Palestine Authority and share its benefits; and therefore calls on the Government, together with its European partners, to press Israel to abide by its obligations and cease obstructing legitimate Palestinian endeavours aimed at accessing its natural resources.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

838 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Michael Connarty

Peter Bottomley

Elfyn Llwyd

Kelvin Hopkins

Mark Durkan

Subjects

Fossil fuels Politics and government Middle East

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk