By IRNA
London : British MPs have condemned Israel’s latest massacre of Palestinians and have emphasized that the UK government has a special duty to ensure that the Zionist regime abides by international laws.
An Early Day Motion to parliament, signed by 19 backbench Labour MPs, expressed its “revulsion at the mounting death toll in Gaza caused by Israeli military strikes.”
“Around half of the 108 Palestinians killed in the six days between Wednesday 27th February and Monday 3rd March 2008 were civilians,” the motion said.
Israel’s military strikes and its economic blockade of Gaza, it warned, are achieving the opposite of their stated aim of deterring such rocket attacks.
“The strikes and blockade are causing widespread humanitarian suffering and, by collectively punishing the entire people of Gaza for the actions of those firing rockets, Israel’s actions are contrary to international law,” the MPs said.
They called on the international community to press for “an immediate ceasefire in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank and adherence to international law by all parties, including requiring Israel to abide by its legal obligations.”
The United Kingdom, as a High Contracting Party to the Fourth Geneva Convention, had a “particular responsibility” to ensure Israel’s compliance as an occupying power with humanitarian law, the resolution also emphasized.