Posted on 05/20/2025 5:39:49 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The U.K. suspended free trade talks with Israel on Tuesday and hit West Bank settlers with sanctions, less than a day after vowing “concrete actions” if Israel didn’t stop its new military offensive in Gaza.
Pressure from close allies is mounting on Israel following a nearly three-month blockade of supplies into Gaza that led to famine warnings. Even the United States, a staunch ally, has voiced concerns over the hunger crisis.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government couldn’t continue talks on upgrading its existing trade agreement with an Israeli government pursuing what he called egregious policies in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
“History will judge them,” Lammy said. “Blocking aid. Expanding the war. Dismissing the concerns of your friends and partners. This is indefensible. And it must stop.”
Israeli’s ambassador to the U.K., Tzipi Hotovely, was summoned to the Foreign Office, where Middle East minister Hamish Falconer said he would call the 11-week blockade of aid to Gaza “cruel and indefensible.”
Separately, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc was reviewing an EU pact governing trade ties with Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza. She said “a huge majority” of member nations are “very keen on sending this message that the suffering of these people is untenable.” She did not provide clear details on timing and mechanisms for review.
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When the Germans were bombing them they were ok with counter-offensives. Now not so much.
UK continues it’s incredible implosion.
They won WWII for what? They had Winston Churchill. For what?
Muzzies dancing in the streets of the U.K.
When Britain left Israel after being kicked out, they turned all their armaments over to the Palestinians who used it against the new nation of Israel. Israel had basically just the armaments left over from the Nazi’s, the defeated German army. Ironic, huh? They used ME 109’s and German tanks.
The EU’s cash cow is back in the barn.
That’s all that the EU’s and UK’s Deep States care about.
Looks like U.K. has gone full jihadi. EU soon to follow. Glad Trump is detaching us from these losers.
Ironically, the Gulf Arabs are rational.
The Islamists in Western Europe are radical because the governments are too "woke" to deal with them.
I hope he tells his British counterpart, to put it where the sun don’t shine.
Ha. Sanctions .. from the UK? I doubt Israel will experience any discomfort.
What does it matter if an islamic dictatorship suspends free trade talks with Israel?
All because of their Muslim voters.
Ironically Israel defend its birth with arms supplied by the Soviet bloc—Czech rifles etc. Stalin was happy to cause trouble for the Brits and their Arab buddies.
The Israelis also got a lot of arms from Czechoslovakia.
Interesting.
I'm not going to dance on the grave of The Empire, but the Brits truly screwed up their exit from the Middle East and from India. Maybe they were exhausted from WWII - they were nearly bankrupt - and neither Attlee nor Eden distinguished themselves.
Hell, they still had rationing of certain food stuffs in the UK.... into the 1950s!
Keir Starmer, please answer your pager.
I was under the impression that they still have rationing in 2025.
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