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British support for Israel is shattering
David Hearst10/6/2026

For as long as anyone can remember, this dam has held back public opinion on Palestine . It gave impunity to Israel’ s most egregious attacks on Palestinians, by describing these attacks as the right to self defence. It constructed and maintained the international siege of Gaza and the boycott of a government of national unity after Hamas won the only free election Palestine had been allowed to hold in 2006. At its very height, it produced a prime minister in Keir Starmer who armed Israel during its genocide on Gaza and supporte d the withholding of water and electricity.
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