The article discusses a recent parliamentary intervention by Tory backbencher Kit Malthouse regarding the situation in Gaza and the moral and legal obligations of British politicians. This follows a statement from Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who announced sanctions against Israel and criticized its actions. However, these measures are seen as insufficient and merely symbolic. The piece suggests that there's widespread anxiety among Western leaders about potential repercussions for their support of Israel as international pressures mount, particularly following arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli leaders.
The idea of a reckoning is clearly playing on the minds of western politicians. Perhaps it is even keeping them up at night.
Lammy is right. But the problem for him is that this judgment will extend far beyond the direct perpetrators. It will also include Israel's enablers.
The foreign secretary might have announced his measures with great pomp and gravity, but they amounted to tokenistic nonsense.
With the international criminal court having issued arrest warrants against the Israeli leadership six months ago, panic is clearly breaking out in government.
Collection
[
|
...
]