Gaza: UN Human Rights Council Vote Debate
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Nigel Huddleston
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Gaza: UN Human Rights Council Vote
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Alistair Burt
It is precisely the opposite, if I may say so to the hon. Lady: that issue would not be clarified by an investigation which from the beginning was clearly seen to be biased and in which it would be unlikely that all available parties would co-operate. It is precisely to unmuddy the waters that we are trying to take, difficult as it is, a more independent and unbiased line.
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)
Israel clearly has questions to answer, but can the Minister confirm that Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation, so no one in this place or the UN should be seen as inadvertently defending or excusing it?
Alistair Burt
That is correct, and I am sure that no one in this House actually does that, but I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making it clear.