This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Impose sanctions on Israel for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Israel has been killing Palestinians on daily basis; shooting unarmed citizens just for being in the wrong place, detaining children as young as 10 years old, annexing Palestinian homes from their legal owners and giving them to illegal settlers; ethnic cleansing and apartheid laws are implemented.
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Israeli government has been systematically discriminating against Arab population & Palestinian citizens. Since the ceasefire in Gaza in August 2014, Israel opened fire on gaza strip 696 times (Tobias Ellwood, Conservative party). In West Bank, Israeli settlers has been attacking homes, burning families alive, and burning Palestinian trees under Israeli Occupation Forces protection. Unarmed Palestinians get 25 years in jail for throwing rocks; settlers get 6 months in jail for burning 3 kids.
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