To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations with regard to the rocket attack on Ashkelon by the Jabril Front and the Popular Resistance Committees; and if he will make a statement. (207184)

We condemn the continuing rocket attacks on Israel, including that on Ashkelon, by militants from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These are unacceptable and serve only to increase the suffering of ordinary Palestinians and Israelis. We have no specific plans to raise the Ashkelon attack at the UN but will continue to work with the Quartet, the UN and others in the international community to prevent all such attacks in future.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations with regard to the rocket attack on Yesha by the al-Quds Brigades; and if he will make a statement. (207185)

We condemn the continuing rocket attacks on Israel, including that on Yesha, by militants from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These are unacceptable and serve only to increase the suffering of ordinary Palestinians and Israelis. We have no specific plans to raise the Yesha attack at the UN but will continue to work with the Quartet, the UN and others in the international community to prevent all such attacks in future.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with (i) Arab states and (ii) the Government of Israel on rocket attacks by (A) the Jabril Front and the Popular Resistance Committees and (B) the al-Quds Brigades; what response was received from each; and if he will make a statement. (207186)

We continue to be deeply concerned about rocket attacks against Israel. We have not raised the attacks by the Jabril Front and Popular Resistance Committees and the al-Quds Brigades specifically with either Arab or Israeli Governments. We do, however, condemn the continuing rocket attacks on Israel. We raise these issues with international partners and urge all to use their influence to prevent attacks in future.