Thank you for writing to me about the rights of the Palestinian people ahead of the European elections. As I’m sure you can appreciate, MEPs and MEP candidates receive a large number of survey requests, especially ahead of elections, and we simply do not have the time to complete them all. For this reason, Labour …
Thank you for your email. I apologise for the delay in replying and the brevity of this reply – I have received several thousand emails in connection with the election campaign and while I am really pleased to have this level of engagement with voters, I can’t answer each email individually. If elected to the …
Thank you for your email, my apologies if it has taken longer than you may have hoped to get a reply – however I am receiving several hundred a day right now. I have supported the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and self-government for many years. The situation in the Middle East over …
New petition for the Welsh Government> Abergavenny PSC are calling on the Welsh Government, in furtherance of its ethical procurement policy, not to issue contracts to companies providing goods and /or services to settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Such settlements are deemed illegal under international law and companies providing such goods and / or services can …
Thank you for contacting me in relation to questions concerning Israel and Palestinian human rights. I do not support specific or general boycotts of either Israel or the Palestinians since I believe that it is too complex a situation for responsibility for any particular wrong to be allocated with sufficient precision. I believe that closer …
Kat Boettge Email [email protected] Political Party Green Party Region East Midlands 1. Will you support measures to exclude Israeli illegal settlements from the EU relations with Israel? Yes 2.And will you support a campaign to exclude goods entering the EU from Israel’s settlements beyond the Green Line? Yes 3. Will you ensure that the EU …
Ashley Fox – Conservative Thank you for your email concerning Palestine. International law regards the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, to be illegal, and the EU and its constituent Member States respect this judgement. In light of this, the EU’s position has been that any free trade agreements do not cover territories …
Georgina Butler – Conservative The Conservative candidates are standing on the policies set out in the Conservative EU manifesto which was launched on the 10 April 2014 on our website> We will not be signing any additional pledges. If I am elected, please feel free to contact me again as I would be happy to …
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Photo credit: Neil Kirtlan A fantastic demonstration was held in London on Nakba day, with over 500 protesting against the Israeli politician, Tzipi Livni, who is wanted for war crimes. Livni was speaking at a Fundraising dinner for the Jewish National Fund (JNF) being held in Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, central London. To prevent Livni’s arrest …