Over recent weeks a serious escalation in Hebron and across the wider West Bank has resulted in the forced displacement of nearly 2,700 Palestinians following intensive military operations, severe movement restrictions, and a sharp rise in settler violence.
This situation is being compounded by public statements from senior Israeli political figures—including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich—suggesting military approaches modeled on Gaza, alongside broader calls for annexation and displacement from across the political spectrum.
While the UK Government has previously implemented measures against individual extremist settlers, senior political leaders driving these policies currently face no targeted consequences. We are urging the UK Government to take meaningful diplomatic steps.
Please use the form below to email the Foreign Secretary and request that the UK Government pursue targeted sanctions against Israeli political leaders and ministers responsible for enabling these violations.
You will receive a copy of the email to your inbox which you can also forward to your MP.
Urgent: Action needed to protect Palestinians in Hebron and the wider Palestinian West Bank amid soaring violence, mass displacement, and far-right threats.
Urgent: Action needed to protect Palestinians in Hebron and the wider Palestinian West Bank
Dear Foreign Secretary,
I am writing to express my profound alarm regarding the rapidly escalating human rights and humanitarian crisis in Hebron and the wider Palestinian West Bank.
Over the past few days alone, nearly 2,700 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by intensive military operations and sweeping closures in Hebron. This comes on top of a relentless surge of violence over the last two weeks, alongside a dramatic spike in settler attacks aimed at driving communities off their land. This crisis is further exacerbated by dangerous political rhetoric surrounding tomorrow's Israeli elections—exemplified by senior figures like Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explicitly calling to take the West Bank to war and "do what we did in Gaza". Such chilling declarations, alongside echoed calls for displacement from across major political parties, demonstrate a dangerous cross-party consensus driving these policies.
Words of condemnation are no longer enough. While the UK Government has previously targeted individual extremist settlers, the architects of this policy—senior Israeli political leaders and government officials stoking violence and displacement—remain untouched. I urge you as the Foreign Secretary and the UK Government to take immediate, robust measures to hold these officials accountable—most crucially by imposing targeted sanctions on Israeli political leaders and ministers responsible for enabling these violations.
I look forward to hearing what urgent steps you and the Government will take to ensure the protection of Palestinian civilians and apply meaningful diplomatic and political pressure.
Yours sincerely,
[Name]
[Postcode]
{Your name will be here}