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The myth of the ‘honest broker’: Britain and Israel |
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Britain’s apparent complicity in Israel’s military assault on Jericho prison should finally demolish an enduring myth about Britain’s foreign policy. Since the government of Ariel Sharon came to power in 2001, Britain has exported around Ł70 million worth of military equipment to Israel, yet the British government has no mechanisms to monitor whether British firms violate human rights in the occupied territories.
Blair’s personal statements rarely condemn Israel outright but assert that ‘both sides’ are responsible for the violence. This ignores the fact that one of the actors is illegally occupying the territory of the other. British government statements, however, rarely even call for the occupation to end. At the same time, the British embassy in Tel Aviv describes Britain ‘as a good friend of Israel’ and its ‘natural partner’, while ‘our two prime ministers are in regular contact and have a good working and personal relationship’.
See Mark Curtis article in first link below then second link Robert Fisk writing on how Israelis deserve peace and security as much as Palestinians. But "new" and expanded "controversial" Israeli frontiers will not bring peace or security to either:
http://www.cmyk.info/markcurtis/article26.html
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=7055
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