David Norris (Independent)

——which has spread its plague all over the world, tearing up the Geneva Convention, rubbishing human rights and claiming might is right. Of course, we lickspittle to that regime because we only have dollar signs in our eyes.

It is a bad day for this country that we cannot stand up for the underdog. I stood up all the time for the Israelis when they were under pressure, because I was interested in human rights. I make no apology for supporting not only the rights of the Israeli civilian population but also those of the Palestinians, who are victimised in this atrocious campaign.