British MPs kill Syria war motion out of fears for Israeli regime

"The Israelis will be looking, at some point short of Iran’s having developed nuclear weapons, to possibly take matters into their own hands”, said Labour's Preston MP Mark Hendrick.
 
"Indeed, if the situation kicks off with the western intervention in Syria, and Iran responds, and if Syria responds with an attack on Israel, that could be the perfect excuse for the Israelis to try and deal, not only with the WMD question and Syria, but also the nuclear question and Iran. We need to take these things into consideration before we decide", he added.
 
There was a "unique duty" for Britain to protect Israel, Ben Gummer, Conservative MP for Ipswich, told the House of Commons
 
 
Prime Minister David Cameron recalled parliament on Thursday to present the case for war.
 
The intention was to misuse the chemical weapon attack in Ghouta city to legitimize long-standing US-led plans for regime change in Syria.
 
Cameron’s efforts to do so only exposed the campaign of lies and disinformation once again being employed to sanction war.
 
“The legal advice of Attorney General Dominic Grieve simply replicated the assertion made at the time of the Iraq war that action could be justified based on the UN’s “responsibility to protect” doctrine. This assertion was challenged after Iraq because UN resolution 1674 states that Security Council backing is required.
 
MPs rejected the principle of UK military action against President Bashar al-Assad's government by 285 votes to 272, with Cameron being forced to accept that he would not use the Royal Prerogative to join US-led strikes.