As the right hon. Gentleman said, the Lebanese Crisis is the focal point at the moment.

By comparison with the Immediate Lebanese Crisis and the crisis in the Gulf resulting from the Iran-Iraq war, the Palestinian problem seems much less urgent, but it is deep-seated and deep-rooted, and it is not just a local problem.

Israel is trying to destroy all political solutions for the Lebanese Crisis".

The proper answer to the horror and tragedy of what has happened in the Lebanon is not to shut our eyes to the underlying causes and not to pretend that the Lebanese Crisis can be solved or isolated from the general problem of peace in the Middle East.