Gaza

EDM number 1099 in 2007-08, proposed by Richard Burden on 03/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government, Middle East and Military operations.

That this House expresses its revulsion at the mounting death toll in Gaza caused by Israeli military strikes; notes that around half of the 108 Palestinians killed in the six days between Wednesday 27th February and Monday 3rd March 2008 were civilians; also condemns the rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza which have killed one Israeli civilian in southern Israel in the last nine months and which, according to figures supplied by the British Israel Communications and Research Centre, have been responsible for the deaths of 24 Israelis since 2001; further notes that Israel's military strikes and its economic blockade of Gaza are achieving the opposite of their stated aim of deterring such rocket attacks; further notes that the strikes and blockade are causing widespread humanitarian suffering and, by collectively punishing the entire people of Gaza for the actions of those firing rockets, Israel's actions are contrary to international law; further notes the UN Security Council statement of 2nd March, and the statements from the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary and the EU Presidency dated 2nd March and 3rd March respectively; and therefore calls upon the international community to press for an immediate ceasefire in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank and adherence to international law by all parties, including requiring Israel to abide by its legal obligations as an internationally recognised state, and emphasises the United Kingdom's particular responsibility to ensure international compliance with humanitarian law as a High Contracting Party to the Fourth Geneva Convention.

This motion has been signed by a total of 100 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Richard Burden	03/03/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Proposed
Tom Levitt	03/03/2008	High Peak	Labour	Seconded
Phyllis Starkey	03/03/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	03/03/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Karen Buck	03/03/2008			Seconded
Ian Gibson	03/03/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	03/03/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	03/03/2008	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	03/03/2008			Signed
Jim Devine	03/03/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	03/03/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	03/03/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	03/03/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	03/03/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	03/03/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	03/03/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	03/03/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	03/03/2008	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	04/03/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew George	04/03/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	04/03/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/03/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	04/03/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/03/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/03/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/03/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	04/03/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	05/03/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	05/03/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/03/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	05/03/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	05/03/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Michael Weir	05/03/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lyn Brown	05/03/2008	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	05/03/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
John Leech	05/03/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	05/03/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/03/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	05/03/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ken Purchase	05/03/2008	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	05/03/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/03/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/03/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	05/03/2008	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/03/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	05/03/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	05/03/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	05/03/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	05/03/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	05/03/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/03/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	06/03/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	06/03/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	06/03/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	06/03/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/03/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	06/03/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	06/03/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	07/03/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	10/03/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	10/03/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	10/03/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/03/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tony Lloyd	10/03/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	11/03/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/03/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	11/03/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/03/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	11/03/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	11/03/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	12/03/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	12/03/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	12/03/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Eric Martlew	12/03/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	12/03/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	12/03/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	13/03/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	17/03/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	18/03/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	18/03/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	18/03/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	19/03/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	20/03/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	20/03/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	31/03/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	01/04/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andy Reed	02/04/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	21/04/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	21/04/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	22/04/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	30/04/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	03/06/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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