NOMINATION OF JEFF HALPER AND GHASSAN ANDONI FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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That this House congratulates Jeff Halper from Israel, and Ghassan Andoni from Palestine, on being nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize; recognises the important contribution that they have made as grassroots peace activists against the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza; notes their work to increase co-operation and understanding and their determination to strive for equality between their peoples within the framework of sovereign and democratic states; and welcomes their nomination by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers).