Louise Ellman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Ellman on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support projects that encourage co-operation and co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Rory Stewart

The UK is supportive of coexistence (people-to-people) programmes which bring together Palestinians and Israelis and foster inter-community understanding. The Secretary of State is currently assessing options for providing further support to coexistence programmes.