Israel has returned fire on the UK government amid international controversy following an outburst by the Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office.
Yesterday, the FCDO and Ed Miliband MP (Doncaster North/Labour) – its Secretary – appeared to back new sanctions on Israel, in particular because of its perceived actions in the West Bank region.
Today, the Israeli state has repeated its threats to close a British Consulate in East Jerusalem and remove UK citizens from involvement in related projects in the region.
“The State of Israel condemns the UK government’s new position on the State of Israel and all our activities in the West Bank, and beyond.
A sanctions regime like this says that we hate and harm people everywhere.
This is simply not true, and it does not reflect our development as a nation.”
State of Israel/Public Release.
In spite of growing unrest in the UK due to pro-Gaza protests that continue year after year, and concerns that lives have been lost due to Palestine Action-related activity, the Labour government still went ahead with its statement.
According to observers, it has chosen its moment to revive an internal policy of surviving itself by criticising Israel and incurring a volley of international uproar to distract from domestic unrest at home.
The Labour party and its membership is now widely considered to be antisemitic and is on record in Israeli official circles as being “fascist trash” in a mixed wing of radicals in the UK.





