On the evidence of yesterday’s Commons statement, Labour backbench opinion is broadly pro-Palestinian – so pressure on the party leadership’s line is likely to intensify during the weeks ahead.
Hard-nosed politicians and commanders, and their legal departments, might be able to mount coherent defences of the IDF. But that won’t necessarily help them in the propaganda battle.
Politicians urge zero tolerance – but there’s a gap between law and enforcement. If the Met can arrest 155 anti-lockdown protestors, why can’t it do the same to pro-Hamas ringleaders?
Each demands an unequivocal response from the United Kingdom and other Western nations committed to defending both our values and our security.
Doing what we’ve always done has proved catastrophic. Perpetuating cycles of violence-and-vengeance risks not only unhealable traumatisation of both Israelis and Palestinians, but destabilisation of the entire globe.
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Winston Peters is a vision of what Nigel Farage might have achieved if the United Kingdom had a different electoral system. Paradoxically, the usual beneficiary is Labour.
For all the thunderous blow-back that is undoubtedly coming, Hamas has already got what it wanted, both domestically and strategically.
It is now impossible to imagine a prosperous, normal nation, integrated into the global economy and full of businesses keen on strong relations with Israel.
And the UK must counter Tehran’s attempts to harm the Abraham Accords by using our extensive and historic ties in the region to expand its list of signatories.
During the half century since the Yom Kippur war took place, conflict abroad has increasingly meant consequences here.
The Foreign Secretary adds that “60 per cent of UK exports go to non-EU countries. The long-term economic trend is clear.”
Today Jimmy Lai, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, sees his thousandth day in prison. But the shadow of the Chinese security state stretches much, much further.
Earlier this year the Coalition for Global Prosperity set out to teach the next generation of Parliamentary candidates a basic knowledge of defence, diplomacy, and development.