Israel / Palestine

[Psamathe]

IMO he's very keen to Do Right Things ... once they've been sufficiently de-risked. France and a couple of others leading the way should be enough to calm his fears. We'll see ...

Looking like ... he isn't up to doing anything. He did briefly stick his neck out and talked to leaders of France and Germany but that seemed to overload his "do something " so put phone down and back on his safe familiar fence.

Is he properly representing the attitudes of the UK?

Ian

 

[briantrumpet]

Looking like ... he isn't up to doing anything. He did briefly stick his neck out and talked to leaders of France and Germany but that seemed to overload his "do something " so put phone down and back on his safe familiar fence.

Is he properly representing the attitudes of the UK?

Ian

Given he seems to decide what his principles are on the basis of polls, one can only assume someone has shown him a poll about what pro-Israeli spokespeople might accuse him of if he dares to step out of line.

 

[Ian H]

Maybe abdominal... that would make him sit up.

I'm not sure he has the stomach for that.

 

[First Aspect]

I'm not sure he has the stomach for that.

Gutless.

 

[Ian H]

One for DGLITUK

IDF Officials Say No Evidence Hamas Systematically Stole UN Aid in Gaza, NYT Reports​

'For months, we and other organizations were dragged through the mud,' said a former UN official, after Israeli military sources told the New York Times there's no evidence Hamas systematically stole UN aid – contradicting Netanyahu's repeated claims
[Haaretz Daily Brief]

 

[matticus]

Look back 2 pages.

Why?

 

[Pblakeney]

Why?

It would answer your question. As would a cursory internet search.

 

[matticus]

It would answer your question. As would a cursory internet search.

Always happy to oblige:

 

[Pblakeney]

Always happy to oblige:

View attachment 9311

Sighs.
"The ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict dates back to the rise of the Zionist movement, supported by the United Kingdom during World War I. The war saw Britain occupying Palestine from the Ottoman Empire, where it set up Mandatory Palestine under the auspices of the League of Nations.”

 

[Ian H]

I'm not sure whether this Instagram post will work.


View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIt4YC7St8U/?igsh=MTRjd28weGJyeDdtMA==

 

[Pblakeney]

I'm not sure whether this Instagram post will work.


View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIt4YC7St8U/?igsh=MTRjd28weGJyeDdtMA==

FFS! Sometimes I wonder if I'm being hard on Israel when criticising Netanyahu then I watch this bile.
To make matters worse, our government support them.

 

[briantrumpet]

FFS! Sometimes I wonder if I'm being hard on Israel when criticising Netanyahu then I watch this bile.
To make matters worse, our government support them.

Unless I'm very mistaken, this 'bile' is identifying the problem, not condoning it. It's a powerful critique.

 

[Pblakeney]

Unless I'm very mistaken, this 'bile' is identifying the problem, not condoning it. It's a powerful critique.

That is how I took it but I very much doubt that is the intention. Especially so given Gideon Levi’s previous “works”.

 

[briantrumpet]

That is how I took it but I very much doubt that is the intention. Especially so given Gideon Levi’s previous “works”.

If that is the case, it's jaw-dropping.

 

[matticus]

Sighs.
"The ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict dates back to the rise of the Zionist movement, supported by the United Kingdom during World War I. The war saw Britain occupying Palestine from the Ottoman Empire, where it set up Mandatory Palestine under the auspices of the League of Nations.”

Please don't sigh, it makes you sound sad! We don't want that

Thankyou for your additional information, and your kind, patient attempts to educate me. I have a further question:
Wasn't Mandatory Palestine an entity controlled by the British (or the UK, I suppose)? Is that an independent state, or more like a colony?

Yours, in love and pedantry,
M