A powerful piece. What strikes me most is how wide the gap has become between the reality Israelis are living and the posture Britain has adopted. After 7 October, there should have been no ambiguity about the nature of Hamas or the stakes for a democratic ally. Yet Westminster has drifted into moral posturing that collapses the moment it meets the facts on the ground.
Your account from the Golan to Nir Oz makes clear that Israelis aren’t asking for blind loyalty. They’re asking for honesty. Instead, Labour has chosen electoral calculus over strategic responsibility: suspending arms exports, halting cooperation, and recognising a Palestinian state while hostages remain in tunnels. It rewards terror and tells our allies we can’t be relied on.
Britain once understood what was at stake. Now it behaves like a bystander, even as Iran’s proxies and the Brotherhood’s ideology threaten our own security. If we want credibility back, recognition must be reversed and the relationship repaired on the basis of reality, not domestic politics.
A sober reminder of how far we’ve fallen — and how urgent it is to correct course.
I relatively frequently post or support Zionist posts on Linked In .
I was recently very affected by a friend & colleague whose wife had sadly passed, & I wrote a letter of condolence.
I was very moved when he said how much my small contributions to Jewish / Israeli support had meant to her - even though she & I have never met.
Were I to emigrate, Israel would be high on my list of preferences because of the nature, the essence, the forbearance, the PRINCIPLES and self belief of the Jewish people.
Those are things we have not just lost in Western Europe, we have been persuaded to throw them away by people who hate us.
It's so sad that the scenes you described were not reported in the MSM news. No, they have been too busy rolling out the Hamas narrative like gullible fools, making Israel out to be the villain. I don't think much will change to support Israel or Jewish people in the UK, while this hapless government is in power - they are too busy chasing the muslim vote.
There are no words harsh enough to properly describe Lammy’ s lowlife posturing, nor Starmer’s selective values - they’re both - along with their Party - looking for Muslim votes.
But we can see the future with the disgrace that was Birmingham last week, with the sordid Muslim antisemitic hate marches, with the synagogue killings in Manchester.
And we can see the aggressive Allahu Al Akbar rioting in Normandy.
It cannot go on.
It has to be stopped - but it will not be Starmer, Lammy or the Labour Party that take the necessary decisions.
I hope a Reform government will scrap recognition of palestine and a formal trade and military alliance with Israel will be put in place. Their war is OUR war and MI 6 /Mossad should go after all Islamic terrorists till they are all eliminated.
Thank you from the bottom of my black, shrivelled Zionist heart Gawain. It lifts my spirits no end to see a strong and unabashed voice standing for Israel. I hope that a future Reform government will be just as strident in support of the only real light amongst all that darkness.
A superb analysis…as usual! Starmer and Lammy have gravely damaged the image and respect of the UK all in the attempt to curry favour with the keffiyeh fraternity here.
Yes, it was something that I did bring up as we walked past the King David Hotel, and of course I am well aware of the Irgun and the rest.
But it wasn't the Israeli state, it was people fighting to create an Israeli state. After they gained statehood the mood changed very rapidly.
Much the same way as the US became a friend, and France, and Germany. I do not hold today's regimes responsible for their forerunners actions in the past?
And of course as a guest of the Israeli Foreign Ministry one was well aware that the trip would have a significant slant. But do at least credit us with the ability to understand that, and be able to see through the egregious and come to conclusions on our own.
Neither the US/Germany (& esp France) are friends of the UK.
Common interests, maybe/occasionally, but not friends.
As for crediting guests of the State of Israel with the ability to see through the egregious and come to conclusions on their own....... well maybe, but experience of "commentators" on that part of the world can only conclude there's no middle impartial ground.. its an existential zero sum game........
Starmer and his equally brilliant side kick Lammy are totally ignorant of history. And I don’t just mean Israel but also of our sacred isles. Down the decades we have fought for the right for nations to
exist. This pair only see the Muslim vote which they believe will give them a second term. Sorry chaps sectarian voting has arrived. The next election will be the second phase of islamification of these lands. They will not be safe none of us will .
A powerful piece. What strikes me most is how wide the gap has become between the reality Israelis are living and the posture Britain has adopted. After 7 October, there should have been no ambiguity about the nature of Hamas or the stakes for a democratic ally. Yet Westminster has drifted into moral posturing that collapses the moment it meets the facts on the ground.
Your account from the Golan to Nir Oz makes clear that Israelis aren’t asking for blind loyalty. They’re asking for honesty. Instead, Labour has chosen electoral calculus over strategic responsibility: suspending arms exports, halting cooperation, and recognising a Palestinian state while hostages remain in tunnels. It rewards terror and tells our allies we can’t be relied on.
Britain once understood what was at stake. Now it behaves like a bystander, even as Iran’s proxies and the Brotherhood’s ideology threaten our own security. If we want credibility back, recognition must be reversed and the relationship repaired on the basis of reality, not domestic politics.
A sober reminder of how far we’ve fallen — and how urgent it is to correct course.
Thank you for this Gawain
Ditto.
I relatively frequently post or support Zionist posts on Linked In .
I was recently very affected by a friend & colleague whose wife had sadly passed, & I wrote a letter of condolence.
I was very moved when he said how much my small contributions to Jewish / Israeli support had meant to her - even though she & I have never met.
Were I to emigrate, Israel would be high on my list of preferences because of the nature, the essence, the forbearance, the PRINCIPLES and self belief of the Jewish people.
Those are things we have not just lost in Western Europe, we have been persuaded to throw them away by people who hate us.
It’s remarkable.
Brilliant. But fix the typos!
Stylistically imperative 😆
It's so sad that the scenes you described were not reported in the MSM news. No, they have been too busy rolling out the Hamas narrative like gullible fools, making Israel out to be the villain. I don't think much will change to support Israel or Jewish people in the UK, while this hapless government is in power - they are too busy chasing the muslim vote.
There are no words harsh enough to properly describe Lammy’ s lowlife posturing, nor Starmer’s selective values - they’re both - along with their Party - looking for Muslim votes.
But we can see the future with the disgrace that was Birmingham last week, with the sordid Muslim antisemitic hate marches, with the synagogue killings in Manchester.
And we can see the aggressive Allahu Al Akbar rioting in Normandy.
It cannot go on.
It has to be stopped - but it will not be Starmer, Lammy or the Labour Party that take the necessary decisions.
Don’t you know, some of my best friends are Jewish…
I hope a Reform government will scrap recognition of palestine and a formal trade and military alliance with Israel will be put in place. Their war is OUR war and MI 6 /Mossad should go after all Islamic terrorists till they are all eliminated.
Yet we have banned Israeli officers from training at the staff college in September.
Readers should give support to British Friends of Israel. I do.
Thank you from the bottom of my black, shrivelled Zionist heart Gawain. It lifts my spirits no end to see a strong and unabashed voice standing for Israel. I hope that a future Reform government will be just as strident in support of the only real light amongst all that darkness.
A superb analysis…as usual! Starmer and Lammy have gravely damaged the image and respect of the UK all in the attempt to curry favour with the keffiyeh fraternity here.
Pleased you enjoyed the freebie trip, GT.
The oaf Lammy is a race grifting non-entity, soon to be removed from office, either by 2Tier Keir or when Labour get crushed at the next GE........
A little context, however.
The horrific crimes the Israeli State committed 1944-48 against British servicemen/women are apparently airbrushed........
Yes, it was something that I did bring up as we walked past the King David Hotel, and of course I am well aware of the Irgun and the rest.
But it wasn't the Israeli state, it was people fighting to create an Israeli state. After they gained statehood the mood changed very rapidly.
Much the same way as the US became a friend, and France, and Germany. I do not hold today's regimes responsible for their forerunners actions in the past?
And of course as a guest of the Israeli Foreign Ministry one was well aware that the trip would have a significant slant. But do at least credit us with the ability to understand that, and be able to see through the egregious and come to conclusions on our own.
Thank you GT..........
Neither the US/Germany (& esp France) are friends of the UK.
Common interests, maybe/occasionally, but not friends.
As for crediting guests of the State of Israel with the ability to see through the egregious and come to conclusions on their own....... well maybe, but experience of "commentators" on that part of the world can only conclude there's no middle impartial ground.. its an existential zero sum game........
Starmer and his equally brilliant side kick Lammy are totally ignorant of history. And I don’t just mean Israel but also of our sacred isles. Down the decades we have fought for the right for nations to
exist. This pair only see the Muslim vote which they believe will give them a second term. Sorry chaps sectarian voting has arrived. The next election will be the second phase of islamification of these lands. They will not be safe none of us will .