Question follow-through · 25753
West Bank: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the escalation of violence in the West Bank.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the escalation of violence in the West Bank.
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The risk of rising instability in the West Bank is serious, and the need for de-escalation urgent. The UK has been clear that it is in no-one's interest for further conflict and instability to spread in the West Bank. We continue to call on Israeli author...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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