To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are providing funding for (1) efforts to promote a comprehensive Palestinian negotiating team, and (2) Palestinian elections at all levels of government.
Answered on
20 February 2017
We have previously funded legal, policy and communications expertise for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s Negotiations Affairs Department. This funding ended in 2015. We continue to advocate the resumption of bilateral negotiations to resolve the conflict in the Middle East.
We are not currently providing funding for Palestinian elections. Previously, we have supported women’s participation, working with women to help prepare them to compete in elections, and to help them serve their communities most effectively when elected.