ISRAELI RESPONSE TO UK AND EU REPRESENTATIONS

That this House deplores the Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's contemptuous treatment of the profound concerns registered by the Foreign Secretary and other EU ministers when they met in Brussels on 22 February 2010; condemns not only the use of forged passports of UK and Irish citizens in a criminal operation but also, unequivocally, any state-sponsored para-terrorist assassination; recognises that the arrogant attitude of impunity and disdain now displayed by Israeli representatives is the reward for the UK Government's serial failure to take a stand against continuous Israeli transgressions including in Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank and the ongoing subjugation of Palestinians through abrogation of humanitarian standards and violation of human rights; and calls on the Government to abandon its plans to amend the law on universal jurisdiction which it has previously justified on the grounds of protecting Israel's right to due diplomatic conduct and intergovernmental engagement, standards for which the Israeli government currently demonstrates a blatant disregard.