Stephen Pollard

Britain is playing into Hamas’s hands

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Keir Starmer’s government has suspended trade talks with Israel and summoned the Israeli ambassador over the ‘intolerable’ offensive in Gaza. To be honest, I’m surprised it’s taken ten months for any doubt to be cleared up. But now it is entirely clear where the government stands vis-à-vis our supposed great ally in the Middle East, Israel, and the Islamist death cult which seeks to wipe Jews – yes, Jews, not Israel – off the face of the earth: it stands with Hamas.

Don’t rely on my take, but on the words of Hamas

Don’t rely on my take, but on the words of Hamas, who last night issued a statement in response to the latest attempt by the UK government, along with France and Canada, to force a win for Hamas in the Gaza war: “The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) welcomes the joint statement issued by the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Canada…Hamas considers this stance an important step in the right direction toward restoring the principles of international law, which the government of the terrorist Netanyahu has sought to undermine and overturn.”

You read that right.

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