A Personal Challenge for Every Western Politician

These last two weeks have changed everything. Any remaining tolerance felt towards Israel and its friends has evaporated.

The regime could never have maintained its illegal occupation of Palestine, or imposed a barbaric blockade on tiny Gaza, or mounted this latest bloodthirsty assault on civil society, were it not for the protection of an over-powerful “friends” network in every major Western country.

In Britain the “Friends of Israel” organization, in its various guises, has stooges occupying key positions at the heart of government. These individuals paralyse any effective action against the lawless regime they subscribe to.

They ought to be treated as agents of a foreign military power and weeded out, especially with the European elections coming up and a general election just around the corner.

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Conservative Friends Of Israel Take a look at the bias and lies on this site

Labour Friends Of Israel

Holocaust-Denial Law And The Attempted Extradition Of A Man For Publishing Antisemitic Material

Later this week, a London magistrates' court will hear a bail application in an extradition case which should be ringing alarm bells.
A German-born Australian citizen, Fredrick Tˆben, was arrested as he passed through Heathrow by British police acting under an EU arrest warrant issued by the German authorities.
The Germans have accused him of publishing antisemitic Holocaust-denial material on his Australian website.

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The Skies Darken Over England

Is it just me, or is this uncharacteristically dark and gloomy summer feeling like a rather apt metaphor for the dismal state of our nation? Just this past week alone, we have been subjected to a constant stream of ever more ominous and depressing news than I can recall in several years of life in this increasingly desperate Island.

For example, yesterday, we were treated to this happy picture by Chief European Economist Jonathan Loynes at Capital Economics:

“We have long been more concerned than most other forecasters over the outlook for the UK economy. But three developments in particular have made us even more worried.

“First, the news on the domestic economy has been worse than we anticipated…

“Second, the economy now looks set to receive less support from overseas than we had hoped… third, there is a growing danger that the downturn will be exacerbated by a contraction in bank lending to households and companies.”

Well stone my crows, the man must be a prophet. How does he do it? People usually pay good money for tarot cards this good.

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