He claims: “We are seeing Hamas telling Palestinians not to leave northern Gaza” despite warnings from Israel.
“Let’s just think of the humanity here, of 2.2 million people… who are suffering,” Scotland’s First Minister says.
The Foreign Secretary says Israelis have “every right to protect themselves”, but must “do everything to minimise civilian casualties”.
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?
But many London Jews find it is too soon to speak of the horrific events in Israel, and are filled with sombre forebodings.
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.
Traditional secular nationalist-driven Palestinian terrorism has been taking on a more religiously motivated dimension in recent years.
The Government’s response to the proposed evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and the violence in the Al-Aqsa mosque show that it has been living a lie for years.
Ministers believe that the present legal framework isn’t fit for purpose if prosecutions of returning terrorists are to be successful.
As with Brexit, the fundamentals of the Tory position are much stronger than they may seem to be.
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.