Ms Natasha Hausdorff:

I am grateful. In the context of assessing the motivations of the committee and the proponents of the Bill, it is important to recognise what the impact would be. One of the Deputies spoke very powerfully about Palestinian suffering. As far as I can see, none of the witnesses have sought to negate that. However, it is important that the cause of that suffering is correctly identified. It is not the result of Israel's policy here. It is squarely on the shoulders of Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups that continue to abuse, subjugate and terrorise their own civilians. I differ with Deputy Shatter on what the Bill does because this is not simply symbolic-----