Now Galloway claims you have to be part of the Israel-lobby to be the UK's Middle East minister
George Galloway has insisted that being a friend of Israel is a requirement for British ministers. If only.
- 28 February 2013
Conservative cowardice on Israel?
Peter Oborne's recent comments on the Conservative Party and Israel are overshadowed by his fundamental misunderstanding of British politics and the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict
- 13 December 2012
EXCLUSIVE: David Cameron's full speech to Conservative Friends of Israel lunch
See exclusively on The Commentator, David Cameron's speech to the Conservative Friends of Israel business lunch on December 11th 2012
- 11 December 2012
Exclusive: Email from Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP to the Foreign Secretary
An e-mail seen by The Commentator from an MP to the Foreign Secretary spells out why Britain is wrong in being aggressive towards Israel
- 3 December 2012
Hague: British government will have "no truck with those who seek to delegitimise Israel"
In a speech to the Conservative Friends of Israel last night, Britain's Foreign Secretary outlined how the UK government would not stand for delegitimisation of Israel
- 10 October 2012
Being a true friend of Russia
Britain must avoid cosy relationships with Putin’s Kremlin and expend energy instead on fostering links with legitimate and democratic-minded individuals and organisations in Russia
- 23 August 2012
18 months of signals: Abbas not interested in peace with Israel
Abbas has once again signalled he'd rather avoid the hard choices and difficult compromises that go hand in hand with achieving peace with Israel
- 12 February 2012
(Two) State of Affairs: Universal jurisdiction abuses are now being curtailed, now let's negotiate for peace
Tzipi Livni travels to the United Kingdom today on a 'special mission'. This is the first step in Britain returning to a common sense policy toward Israel.
- 7 October 2011
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