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That the Parliament notes that the inaugural Ramallah Congress on the Decolonisation of Palestine took place in Birzeit University, the West Bank, Palestine, on 11-12 November 2025 and was organised by Al-Shabaka and the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute; understands that settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territories has reached unprecedented levels in recent weeks and that, according to the UN, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023; believes that Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine is sustained by businesses and institutions that supply its weapons and resources; notes what it sees as the importance of international visitors to Palestine to bear witness to the lived reality of apartheid rule; applauds the resilience of students and academics at Birzeit University and across the occupied territories who continue to work and study amidst escalating repression, and calls on the Scottish Government to urgently implement the package of boycotts, divestment and sanctions targeted at the State of Israel agreed by the Scottish Parliament on 3 September 2025.