“In the light of this action we call upon our own government to not turn its eyes away from the ongoing massacre and gross abuse of human rights which is occurring in occupied Palestine every day. We want to see concrete actions taken by our government to punish Israel for its disregard for UN resolutions and ignoring world opinion. We welcome the statements made by Ann Clwyd MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights calling for Israel to be punished and that no political or security objective can justify targeting and punishing civilians in this way and that of Gerald Kaufman MP calling for Ariel Sharon to be considered a War Criminal,” said Mr Yousuf Bhailok, Secretary General of the MCB.

The Muslim Council of Britain added that they were closely following the results of an investigation by a British team of researchers led by Professor Derrick Pounder as to whether war crimes had been committed by the Israeli PM Ariel Sharon during the murderous Israeli assault on Jenin.