Conflict In Gaza

EDM number 457 in 2008-09, proposed by Mohammad Sarwar on 14/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government, Middle East and Military operations.

That this House welcomes the statement in The Times by Jews for Justice for Palestinians signed by 540 Israeli academics, artists and writers, calling for an end to the slaughter in Gaza; and welcomes in particular its demands for an immediate unconditional ceasefire, an end to the blockade and the opening of dialogue with Hamas, without which there can be no durable peace, UK condemnation of Israeli breaches of the Geneva Conventions, just as the UK has condemned Hamas rockets, an investigation into war crimes that may have been committed by any party to the conflict, an embargo on arms to Israel and lastly the suspension of the EU-Israel Association until Israel fulfils the basic human rights conditions on which it is predicated.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mohammad Sarwar	14/01/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Proposed
Ann Clwyd	14/01/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Seconded
Keith Vaz	14/01/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Seconded
Mark Fisher	14/01/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	14/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Joan Walley	14/01/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Seconded
John Hemming	15/01/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	15/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	19/01/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Wareing	19/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	19/01/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	19/01/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	19/01/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	19/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	20/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/01/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	20/01/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	21/01/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	21/01/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/01/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Hamilton	22/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/01/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	22/01/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	22/01/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	22/01/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/01/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	26/01/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/01/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/01/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	04/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	12/03/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jim Devine	Unknown			Withdrawn
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn
Lyn Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn

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