SAPA JOURNAL
What Britain Can Learn from Israel
Andrew Roberts
September 2022

Great Britain loves nothing more than to lecture Israel on her supposed failings, adopting an unfailingly patronizing de haut en bas attitude. Whether the Foreign Office is constantly calling into question Israel’s commitment to a two-state solution because of West Bank settlements; or Sir Alan Duncan, the former Foreign Office minister, is accusing pro-Israel lobbyists of “the most disgusting interference” in British politics, negatively influencing foreign policy in the Middle East; or Britain is providing official Covid travel guidance that depicts Jerusalem as politically separate from Israel — few opportunities are missed to criticize and belittle Israel. READ MORE