Select Committee · Foreign Affairs Committee

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Status: Closed Opened: 25 Nov 2024 Closed: 30 Oct 2025 10 recommendations 15 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry asks how the UK and its allies can help to achieve a ceasefire and lasting end to the war in Gaza and Lebanon.

Clear

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
1st Report - Israel-Palestine conflict HC 488 25 Jul 2025 25 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
23 Conclusion 1st Report - Israel-Palestine conflict Rejected

Ensure international criminal courts gather information for post-conflict accountability and peacebuilding.

Accountability through international criminal courts will be fundamental to peacebuilding and the future after this conflict has ended. The courts must be involved in information gathering so that, whenever this conflict ends, decisions can be made. (Conclusion, Paragraph 122)

Government response. The government partially agrees on the importance of accountability through international courts, noting its past actions like participating in the ICJ and calling for independent investigations. However, it rejects applying the Ukraine atrocity crimes advisory model to Gaza due to …
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
24 Conclusion 1st Report - Israel-Palestine conflict Rejected

Offer UK support and expertise to establish a Gaza project recording conflict evidence.

In April 2025, members of the Foreign Affairs Committee visited Ukraine, where they saw the work of the Global Rights Alliance collecting evidence of acts during the conflict for potential future legal processes. This is supported by the UK Government and is a commendable project. The UK Government should offer …

Government response. The government partially agreed but rejected the recommendation to set up a similar evidence-gathering project in Gaza, stating the model used in Ukraine would not work due to the lack of a state partner or structures on the ground and …
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oral evidence sessions

8 sessions
Date Witnesses
16 Jun 2025 Anna Halford · Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK, Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan · Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Rohan Talbot · Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Shaina Low · Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) View ↗
13 May 2025 His Excellency Mr Rami Mortada · Embassy of Lebanon in the United Kingdom View ↗
22 Apr 2025 Jonathan Sacerdoti, Natasha Hausdorff · UK Lawyers for Israel, Shelly Tal Meron · Israeli Knesset View ↗
11 Mar 2025 Mr Hamish Falconer MP · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Stephen Hickey · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
27 Jan 2025 Alon-Lee Green · Standing Together, Amnon Be’eri Sulitzeanu · The Abraham Initiatives, Bassam Aramin · Parents Circle Families Forum, John Lyndon · Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), Robi Damelin · Parents Circle Families Forum, Rula Daood · Standing Together, Shahira Shalaby · The Abraham Initiatives View ↗
12 Dec 2024 Claire Clement · British Red Cross, Professor Marco Sassoli · University of Geneva View ↗
10 Dec 2024 Adam Rose · Mishcon de Reya, Adam Wagner · Doughty Street Chambers, Colonel (Retired) Miri Eisin · International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Dr Gershon Baskin · Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI), Dr Sharone Lifschitz, Dr Victor Kattan · The University of Nottingham, H.E. Dr Husam Zomlot · Palestine Mission to the United Kingdom, Samer Sinijlawi · Jerusalem Development Fund View ↗
3 Dec 2024 Rt Hon Alistair Burt · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
28 Oct 2025 Correspondence from the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Turkey rel…
22 Jul 2025 Correspondence from UNRWA regarding the situation in Gaza, the West Bank and Ea…
14 Jan 2025 Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary relating to hostages held by Hamas, d…
14 Jan 2025 Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary relating to the Israeli-Palestinian c…
14 Jan 2025 Correspondence from UNRWA relating to Israel-Palestine, dated 06/01/2025