Tory leader says the quiet part out loud, admitting that both Israel and Ukraine are fighting for the West
If you have spent the past 20 months wondering why British leaders on both sides of the aisle have barely criticised Israel, even as it slaughtered and starved Gaza’s population of more than two million people, you finally got an answer last week.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the quiet part out loud. She told Sky: “Israel is fighting a proxy war [in Gaza] on behalf of the UK.”
According to Badenoch, the UK - and presumably in her assessment, other western powers - aren’t just supporting Israel against Hamas. They are willing that fight and helping to direct it. They view that fight as centrally important to their national interests.
This certainly accords with what we have witnessed over more than a year and a half. Both the current Labour government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and its Tory predecessor under Rishi Sunak, have been unwavering in their commitment to send British arms to Israel, while also shipping weapons from the United States and Germany to help with the slaughter.
Both governments used the Royal Air Force base Akrotiri in Cyprus to carry out surveillance flights to aid Israel with locating targets to hit in Gaza. Both allowed British citizens to travel to Israel to take part as soldiers in the Gaza genocide.
Neither government joined South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice, which found more than a year ago that Israel’s actions could “plausibly” be considered a genocide.
And neither government proposed or tried to impose a no-fly zone alongside other western states, as happened in other recent “wars”, to stop Israel’s murderous assault on Gaza, or organised with others to break Israel’s blockade and get aid into the enclave.
In other words, both governments steadfastly maintained their material support for Israel, even if Starmer recently toned down rhetorical support after images of emaciated babies and young children in Gaza - reminiscent of images of Jewish children in Nazi death camps like Auschwitz - shocked the world. (more...)
Badenoch blurts out the truth: Britain is at the heart of Gaza 'proxy war'
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