It all makes sense now.  I was baffled why decent human beings (UK MPs) couldn't condemn Israel's use of weapons of mass destruction against defenceless Palestinians.  The war crimes commited by using phosphorous bombs against children.  The apartheid that is perpetrated by the Israeli state and why the disgraced BBC refused to support aid for Palestinians after the Israeli atrocities.  In light of the MPs expenses scandal I should have know human rights is down to the highest bidder.