There is a limit that must be drawn in the application of the double and tr iplu standard against Israel. I therefore urge you, members of the Security Council, to vote against the draft resolution. The PRESIDENT: It thank the representative of Israel for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. HATANO (Japan) : First, SirI may I congratulate you, as previous speakers have done, ar assuming the presidency of the Security Council.. x am Sure thst under your vise guidance the Council will be able to carry out its important tasks. The tivernment of Ja@an extends it sincere condolences to the Palestinians who were injured and to the famflfes of those killed in the massacre by an Israeli civilian in Fiishar Le-Zion cn 20 May and in the enauing popular protests. The CoN!rnment of Japan &plot@5 the ehaoting as a senocless and brutal ns.:t which claimed the lives of itmxent people. It denounceo the oxceaoive force with which the rruaoti authorities reacted to the subsequent popular demonstratim of anger 9 - -- __ ~. This killing of innocent people has exacerbated a situation in which tensions had already been heightened by the question of the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel. JP/If s/w. 2926 19-20 (Mt. Hatano, Japan) Profoundly ccmcerned about thho emxlatb. of violence, the Government of Japan demands that the Gavetnment of Israel exercise maxirnuar self-restraint in dealing wfth the Palestinians in the occupied territories , and that it treat them with full humanitarian consideration, in accordance with international law. The Government of Japan urges the [hited Nations to take effective acticn in order to secure their just treatment. s/w. 2926 21 (Mr. Hatano, Japan) 