Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 26251

Jordan Valley: Sovereignty

Tabled: 23 January 2025

Answered: 30 January 2025

Question

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National Party — Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the vote in the Israeli Knesset on annexation of the Jordan Valley on 22 January 2025.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

The Government's view is that Israel's presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is governed by the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to which Israel is a state party. The Government is also clear that Israeli settlements are ille...

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