Members of the East Devon Amnesty International group staged a protest in Sidmouth against the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians.

A report by Amnesty International has likened it to the historic apartheid policy in South Africa.
The peaceful demonstration took place on Tuesday March 21.

A spokesperson for East Devon Amnesty said: "Members strongly oppose the lsraeli policy of evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes, and in particular plans to force Palestinian communities from their ancestral lands in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.

"The area was designated a 'firing zone' for the lsraeli Army, meaning that nine villages, home to 1,150 people, half of them children, will be demolished any day. 

"The forcible transfer of protected residents – defined by the Geneva Convention – in occupied territory is classified as a war crime under international law." 

The group has written to East Devon MPs Simon Jupp and Richard Foord asking them to raise the eviction with Foreign Minister James Cleverly.