UK Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell at a Commons "Business & Trade Committee" defending the continuing sale of weapons to Israel.
The slippery mendacious patronising Tory shill doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
It's a classic demonstration of the barefaced casual contempt and ruthless cruelty with which the British Establishment treats everybody outside its privileged universe at home and abroad.
Let's face it, John Mason needs to cross over to one of the genocide enabling parties as soon as possible.
He'd be a perfect catch for the "progressive socialist Labour Party" especially after the great progressive socialist Natalie Elphicke was welcomed with open arms by #Captain_UTurn.
Killing docs, journalists, children women, not to mention people stripped and bound, now getting reports palestinians are treated like this in hospital.
I hope the ICJ remember some of this so Netanyahu can be stripped naked, beaten & bound and left in is custody cell. After all if doing that to Palestinians is fine then it is fine for Netanyahu and the IDF who are also on trial.
Notice how quickly the FCDO moved to cover its arse with legal bullshit after the #ICC announcement, literally months after a Tory minister let the cat out of the bag about the UK Government receiving legal advice on #IsraelWarCrimes - legal advice they've effectively denied exists.
And now, a report from eldiario.es in Spanish (1) on remarks made by Oxford academic Janina Dill (2) to the effect that the US, the UK and Germany are undermining the rule of international law by their support for Israel.
I can't find any record of her remarks in the UK media, perhaps that's because I'm an "extremist" #ScottishIndependence supporter?
@MadeyeTheCarnaptious Yep - he had a photo shoot with some genocide apologists on Monday who were lobbying to ensure UNRWA funding isn't reinstated by the government.
"IHRA’s working definition of anti-Semitism is “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews... also encompasses the “targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity”."
Al Jazeera: "US [Congress] passes controversial bill that expands definition of anti-Semitism".
@MadeyeTheCarnaptious There's a whole layer of society that's rotten, from politicians and journalists to CEOs and university administrators. The whole thing needs tearing down.
This is a great piece in Spanish by Olga Rodríguez in eldiario.es on the blatant double standards of Israel's allies following Iran's retaliation. I listened to her on a podcast this morning and she's a really impressive journalist. She doesn't pull any punches.
"Tambores de guerra en Oriente Medio para mantener la impunidad de Israel."
"War drums sound in the Middle East so Israel can continue to act with impunity."