Gaza: UN Human Rights Council Vote Debate
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Jess Phillips
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(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Alistair Burt
No, I do not think that that is the case at all. As I said earlier, true friends take a position in which they try as best they can to learn all the facts of the circumstances before coming to any conclusions, particularly in an area as sensitive and difficult as this. That is what we have sought to do.
Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley) (Lab)
I apologise, Mr Speaker, that I am not in full voice today. Will the UK set out its criteria for assessing the independence, impartiality and effectiveness of an internal Israeli investigation? What action will we take, should those criteria not be met?
