Motion or amendment: Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr Robbie Butler on .
- MLA
- Mr Robbie Butler
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 2 May 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza”
- Heading
- Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 400109
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Text
Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘ongoing’ and insert:
‘war in Gaza that has left thousands of people dead; further condemns the actions of Hamas on October 7th which left 1,300 people dead and many families searching for loved ones; abhors the killing of international humanitarian aid workers seeking to deliver vital supplies to the civilian population on the brink of famine; rejects plans for a ground assault on the city of Rafah with a refugee population of more than 1 million Palestinians sheltering with nowhere safe to go; regrets the failure of the international community to act decisively in the interests of peace; affirms its support for a two-state solution; calls for an immediate sustainable ceasefire in the region and the release of all hostages; further calls on neighbouring countries to deescalate their military posturing allowing for meaningful space to be created in order to deliver a lasting long term solution for the whole region’
161 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not qualifying”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.09 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.70).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.91).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-qualifying threshold.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.08 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.03 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.06 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.70 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.09 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.91 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.09 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.52 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.19 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.13 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.13 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 08:53 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9. The text was identical to an already-assessed record, so the same answers were reused.
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