TUC Congress Recognises Israel as a State Practising Apartheid

As an amendment to motion S5M-22793 in the name of John Finnie (TUC Congress Recognises Israel as a State Practising Apartheid), leave out from "reports" to end and insert "the multi-ethnic and religious basis on which it considers Israel stands out in a region blighted by religious persecution and civil war in Syria; regrets what it sees as the continued lodging of one-sided parliamentary motions on democratic Israel by a vocal minority of MSPs; considers the labelling of democratic Israel 'as a state practising apartheid' to be inflammatory and far removed from reality; despairs of MSPs who it considers are vocal about Israel, yet strangely silent on religious persecution and other human rights abuses across the Middle East; thanks outgoing Ambassador Regev and Deputy Ambassador Bar-li for their engagement with Scotland and the Parliament on trade, tourism and culture, and looks forward to showing the new Ambassador that the vocal minority do not represent Scotland by welcoming her and other Israeli diplomats to Parliament for the benefit of the people of Scotland."