{"id":274862,"date":"2023-10-24T07:15:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T07:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=274862"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:31:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:31:59","slug":"u-k-prime-minister-sunaks-message-to-israel-carry-on-with-the-slaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=274862","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Prime Minister Sunak\u2019s Message to Israel: Carry On with the Slaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Oborne \u2013 Global Research Oct 19, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Margaret Thatcher, Britain\u2019s<\/a> most feted post-war prime minister, was fiercely pro-Jewish and a powerful enemy of antisemitism.<\/em><\/p>\n

But she was never afraid to call out Israeli<\/a> war crimes, and did so repeatedly.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the Israeli army<\/a>\u00a0stood by in September 1982 as Christian Phalangists slaughtered Palestinian<\/a>\u00a0refugees\u00a0and Lebanese<\/a>\u00a0citizens in the Shatila and Sabra refugee camps, she described the massacres<\/a> as \u201can act of pure barbarism\u201d.<\/p>\n

And, as historian David Cronin has exposed in an illuminating article<\/a> for Declassified, she wrote to then US President Ronald Reagan of \u201can urgent need for a balanced policy\u201d, adding that \u201cunlimited support for Israel can only lead to growing polarisation and despair in the Arab world\u201d.<\/p>\n

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak<\/strong>, who flew into Tel Aviv<\/a> to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> on 19 October, loves to\u00a0present himself<\/a> as the heir to Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n

This is nonsense.<\/p>\n

The historical record shows that Thatcher would have arrived in Tel Aviv swinging her handbag. Of course, she would have extended her deepest sympathy to Israel for the attack on 7 October. But she would also \u2013 as a strong supporter of Israel \u2013 have given Netanyahu a stern lecture on morality, international law \u2013 and global statesmanship.<\/p>\n

What a contrast with pitiful Sunak, who has come to Israel as Netanyahu\u2019s poodle.<\/p>\n

Reckless Language<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sunak made a mistake when he\u00a0expressed Britain\u2019s \u201cunequivocal\u201d support<\/a> for Israel, thus giving Netanyahu, leader of the most far-right government in the country\u2019s history, carte blanche to order war crimes.<\/p>\n

Sunak\u2019s reckless language means that Britain is already complicit in the carnage<\/a> committed across Gaza<\/a> by Israeli bombing over the last 12 days, the destruction of hospitals and civilian infrastructure, the targeting of schools, the wiping out of entire families<\/a>, and the slaughter ofapproaching 4,000<\/a> Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Warned of Intention to Prosecute UK Government Officials for Complicity in War Crimes in Gaza<\/a><\/p>\n

To be fair, this policy of giving Israel impunity to commit war crimes did not start with Sunak.<\/p>\n

It was reaffirmed recently by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson who, in a letter to the Conservative Friends of Israel in April 2021, announced that he would\u00a0block an International Criminal Court<\/a> investigation into war crimes committed by Israel.<\/p>\n

In a further show of support for Israel, on 18 October, Sunak ordered Britain to abstain on the United Nations resolution calling for \u201chumanitarian pauses\u201d in order to deliver essential aid to save lives in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Britain was the only country to abstain<\/a> apart from Russia<\/a>, with the US vetoing the resolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu would have got the message: carry on bombing.<\/p>\n

I have studied Sunak\u2019s comments to the media and speeches in parliament. There has not been one mention, let alone condemnation, of Israel\u2019s declared policy of collective punishment, as formally set out by Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant<\/strong>, with his announcement<\/a> of a \u201ccomplete siege of the Gaza Strip\u201d with\u00a0 \u201cno electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed\u201d. Even though such action is illegal under international law.<\/p>\n

Sunak\u2019s government is seemingly untroubled by Gallant\u2019s claim that Israel was fighting \u201chuman animals<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gallant has since made the terrible<\/a> statement that Israel \u201cwill eliminate everything\u201d in Gaza. No condemnation from Sunak or his government. Many Palestinians understandably see this as genocidal language.<\/p>\n