Tania Mathias – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tania Mathias on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Israeli government on the displacement of Bedouin people from townships in the Negev.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

I discussed the Bedouin in the Negev with Head of the Joint List MK Ayman Odeh during my visit to Israel on 18 February. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv are following developments closely, and we continue to encourage the Israeli authorities and Bedouin communities to work together to identify satisfactory solutions.