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Time to get serious about Israel
A multi-party committee of MPs is pressing for sanctions over Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

John Hilary | The Guardian

You know that things are serious when a parliamentary select committee puts out a call for sanctions against another sovereign state. Doubly so when that state is supposed to be one of Britain's key allies in the Middle East. Yet today the House of Commons international development committee is calling on the Labour government to press for sanctions against Israel over its treatment of the Palestinian people. Things must be pretty bad.

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