Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(1) what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the proposed demolition of the school in Khan al Ahmar, west bank;
(2) what assessment his Department has made of the effects on the Bedouin population in the west bank of demolitions of homes and schools by Israel.
Senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development (DFID) officials most recently visited the Khan al Ahmar school for the Bedouin Jahilin community on
Our ambassador to Israel raised this issue with the Israeli Defence Minister Barak on
The UK has a long-standing policy of lobbying hard on issues relating to demolitions and settlement building, and we will continue to do so. We view any attempts to change the facts on the ground as a serious provocation likely to prompt tensions between communities and cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians. We view such steps as harmful to the peace process and in contravention of international law.
We continue to follow this case actively.
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