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\nLONDON: A cross-party coalition of over 80 British MPs has urged the UK\u2019s foreign secretary to impose consequences on Israel if hundreds of planned evictions of Palestinian families go ahead.<\/p>\n

\nAbout 200 families in East Jerusalem are in immediate danger of being dispossessed of their homes following a legal battle waged against them by settler associations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis would amount to the forcible \/ mass eviction and dispossession of hundreds of Palestinian families,\u201d read the letter sent to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cAs you are well aware, the forcible transfer of an occupied population is a grave violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIsraeli settlers as well as government and municipality officials speak openly about wishing to control the demographics of the city. Any actions by the occupying power to alter Jerusalem\u2019s character, status or demographic composition are illegal under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe MPs urged the British government to \u201cput a stop to the forcible transfer of families from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThey also suggested potential consequences that the government should impose if the evictions go ahead, including \u201creducing diplomatic engagement and banning trade in settlement products in full conformity with international law.\u201d The letter added: \u201cSettlements are illegal so such a step is not a sanction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nChris Doyle, director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding, told Arab News that he welcomed the letter.<\/p>\n

\nIt \u201chighlights a significant degree of parliamentary concern over Israeli practices in the occupied territories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIt\u2019s clearly an outrage that Israel continues to engage in forcible dispossession whilst at the same time building and expanding on illegal settlements and the dispossession of Palestinian land. It\u2019s all part of a larger process that goes unaddressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nOn Friday, the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that it has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n

\nThis ruling, Doyle said, \u201chighlights the grave consequences that could, down the line, hit those senior Israeli officials and ministers who authorize such crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHe added: \u201cIsrael has for a long time been able to act with the knowledge that it had the full backing of the US, and that therefore there wouldn\u2019t be any accountability \u2014 but who knows, further down the line this may change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nWhile the ICC ruling may influence future Israeli policy, Doyle said Raab could do a lot more right now to uphold international law.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe Palestinians are tired of just hearing the same old copy-paste press releases. There really should be some stronger action, which could include a ban on trade with illegal settlements,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis would ram home to Israeli leaders that there are consequences for illegal actions \u2014 that\u2019s the whole fundamental basis for international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON: A cross-party coalition of over 80 British MPs has urged the UK\u2019s foreign secretary to impose consequences on Israel if hundreds of planned evictions of Palestinian families go ahead. About 200 families in East Jerusalem are in immediate danger of being dispossessed of their homes following a legal battle waged against them by settler…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}