The United Kingdom has suspended trade talks with Israel and will impose sanctions on West Bank illegal settlers. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Israel’s announcement that it would allow a small quantity of food into Gaza for its starving population of over 2 million “totally and utterly inadequate.” This is British Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
David Lammy: “The world is judging. History will judge them. Blocking aid, expanding the war, dismissing the concerns of your friends and partners, this is indefensible, and it must stop.”
Or what would he expect someone to do? The best you can do is share information, information that you’ve been simply told yourself. Every time I’ve tried to express the opinion that “yeah that’s not OK” I end up bombarded with whataboutism and do you even begin to comprehend the previous 3000 years of history and how dare you have an opinion when you didn’t even consider why they’re doing it etc etc etc.
By the end I just give up. I can’t even be sure Israel actually exists. It’s on maps. People talk about it. I haven’t actually been there and verified it’s real, never mind what goes on over that way.
Turns out all you can actually do is keep your own little world clean.