EDM: President Trump’s 20-point peace plan

President Trump’s 20-point peace plan

Tabled by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) 43 signatures

The motion

That this House welcomes the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas; expresses its relief at the release of the living hostages, and a cessation of the Israeli Government’s military operations; further expresses its anger at Hamas’ failure to rapidly repatriate the remaining hostages’ bodies; calls on Hamas to do so immediately; further calls on the Israeli Government to reopen all aid routes and flood Gaza with supplies; calls on all actors to exercise restraint and refrain from further violence or military action; expresses its hope that President Trump’s peace plan can lay the groundwork for a durable peace; notes with concern the plan’s lack of clarity on disarming Hamas, the timeline for the IDF’s withdrawal from Gaza and establishing a clear pathway to a two-state solution; believes that mechanisms for accountability must form a key part of any sustainable peace, including pressuring the Israeli Government to allow journalists and investigators into Gaza to collect evidence of war crimes by all sides; recognises that Trump’s plan fails to address continued Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem which undermines the viability of a two-state solution; expresses alarm at the escalation in settler violence against Palestinian communities, most recently during the West Bank’s olive harvest; further calls on the Government to ban trade with the illegal settlements; further notes the vital importance of democratic reform within the Palestinian Authority to support state-building in Palestine; and calls on the Government to push for reforms, including tackling corruption, within the Palestinian Authority.

Signatories (43)