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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 12:47 pm on 20 November 2012.

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Photo of William Hague William Hague The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 12:47, 20 November 2012

We must bear in mind at all times the need to try to bring about a settlement in the whole region. The hon. Lady is right to refer to this, as it is important to abide by international humanitarian law. That is one of the specific points I have made to the Israeli Foreign Minister in my conversations with him over the past few days. Of course, we will have to judge what happens after that and after any breaches of humanitarian law when we have the evidence of those things. It is also very important for other organisations, including Hamas and militant groups, even to begin to think about international humanitarian law, something of which they have taken no notice so far.