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IDC to spotlight West Bank and East Jerusalem

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The International Development Committee will look into the situation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in a one-off evidence session next week.

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Witnesses on the first panel will update the Committee on recent developments across the West Bank and be quizzed on areas ranging from settler violence to prospects for a viable Palestinian state.

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With settler violence against Palestinian civilians on the rise, MPs will explore the extent to which it continues across the West Bank.

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced last year that Israel would approve the “E1” settlement plan for around 3,000 homes in the occupied West Bank.

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After the UK Government called the plan a “breach of international law” and said it “would divide a Palestinian state in two,” MPs will ask what the E-1 settlement would mean for the prospects for a two-state solution.

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Witnesses are also likely to be pressed on how the UK Government should best respond to the situation in the West Bank. 

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The second panel’s witness will speak about the work of UNRWA in the region. It comes amid concern over the Israeli Government’s restrictions on the body that runs a range of critical services for Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory. 

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