Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alex Sobel (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 24 July 2018, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 33 members in total.

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ISRAEL'S NATION STATE LAW

That this House notes with concern the Nation State Law passed in the Israeli Knesset by just 62 votes to 55; further notes this law enshrines the concept that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people as a basic law and alters the application of the Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty in court rulings, and permits judges to give priority to Israel's Jewish character in their rulings; notes in addition that Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the Palestinian Authority must acknowledge aspects of the law as a condition for a future peace agreement, putting the two state solution at risk; declares that democracies by their character treat all their citizens equally before the law and are committed to the pluralism of peoples and that this law abandons those basic tenets; and therefore calls on the Government to urge the Israeli Government to repeal the Nation State Law and to enshrine equal status to all its citizens.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1556 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Baroness Hodge of Barking

Wes Streeting

Daniel Zeichner

Gareth Snell

Sandy Martin

Subjects

Middle East

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk