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The Corporation’s guidelines to not require neutrality in the face of attacks on civilian targets. We know that because it regularly uses the word ‘terrorist’ in every context save this one.
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.
The Prime Minister joins the Chief Rabbi at Finchley United Synagogue following Hamas’ attacks in Israel.
If an organisation whose response to recent events is a protest outside the Israeli embassy isn’t proscribed by Labour, the only question is: why not?
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.
It conflates anti-semitism with legitimate criticism of Israel, itself found among many members of Britain’s Jewish community.
The upside of a new cross-party appointments process would be distance from the government of the day. The downside is the danger of boiling it down to a lowest common denominator.
The state of Israel was founded to ensure the physical survival of the Jewish people, not the political survival of one man. Netanyahu forgot the difference and will pay the price.
The current protests are economic in nature, but build on discontent and cynicism with a monarchy that stifles debate while failing to deliver improving living standards.
The stand off is no longer between the Arab world and Israel, but between Palestinians and Israel. When both sides want so much from each other, there is space for a deal.
Traditional secular nationalist-driven Palestinian terrorism has been taking on a more religiously motivated dimension in recent years.
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.