Posted on 05/04/2017 7:06:43 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A new report by the British Parliament’s upper chamber declared President Donald Trump unfit to lead the West’s foreign policy in the Middle East, and called upon the UK to lead the way in recognizing Palestine as an independent, sovereign state.
The report was produced by the House of Lords’ International Relations Committee after six months of study, and reflects the anxiety some European leaders have felt towards President Trump’s campaign pledge to alter Washington’s approach to the NATO alliance, the United Nations, the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and other hot-button issues. The committee’s findings call for the UK to assume the mantle of global leadership and to “set the tone” for Western policy in the Middle East, warning that the Trump White House has “the potential to destabilize further the region.” […]
One of the primary issues the UK should seize upon, the House of Lords report argues, is the Israeli-Arab conflict, warning that at present “the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is on the verge of moving into a phase where the two-state solution becomes an impossibility.”
“In the absence of US leadership, it is time for the Europeans to play a more active role.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Have at it limies.
The “Palestinians” have not, and perhaps never will, form a recognizable state. What they have, at best, is a collection of warring tribal factions, with no coherent policy save demanding the Jews be driven into the sea.
Call what they have now, the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, tribal reservations.
But they most definitely do not deserve the designation as a nation.
Hahahahahaha. The Brits would never pay for it.
HA HA HA! Insane, but.....
UK was never de-Nazified.
and to its credit it has always had its share, or more, of Crazy Loonies (especially in goverment, which is where many CL’s gravitate both in UK and other places)
LOL. The "study" was led by a MUSLIMA "baroness" Sayeeda Warsi. TOTALLY impartial!
House of Lords committees don’t set policy for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, or Her Majesty’s Government, especially with a General Election coming up.
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