London said on Tuesday the West was hypocritical not to demand the same sort of adherence to UN Security Council resolutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as it does from Iraq. Speaking to the BCC, British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said he understood Arab concern about what he described as "injustice against the Palestinians".
"There is a real concern too that the West has been guilty of double standards - on the one hand saying the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iraq must be implemented; on the other hand, sometimes appearing rather quixotic over the implementation of resolutions about Israel and Palestine."
Asked if he would plead guilty to double standards, Straw said: "To a degree yes... and we're going to deal with it."
He described a new Middle East "roadmap" as a necessary step towards peace.
"It's our responsibility, yes, to deal with Iraq but also, yes, to deal with the Israel-Palestine crisis," Straw said.
(Albawaba.com)
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