PALESTINE AND ISRAEL

That this House is saddened by the deaths of innocent people in Palestine and Israel; recognises that the result of such deaths is an emotional response where some people on both sides are driven to seek revenge in preference to peace; believes that for negotiations to succeed there needs to be sufficient demand for peace that a rational response overwhelms those on each side that do not wish forpeace; and calls on the international community to concentrate its efforts on finding routes towards stopping the killing.