fDavid Cameron finally caved in and gave an interview recently to the pro-Zionist newspaper, The Jewish Chronicle, after being harangued for an interview since his leadership victory in 2005.  As part of their standard practice, Zionist institutions such as The Jewish Chronicle often try to corner politicians such as David Cameron and get him to try and pledge his love for Israel.  The implication is if he doesn’t express sufficient admiration for Israel despite her numerous human rights abuses and illegal occupation of Arab land, he will be labelled as unsympathetic to the Zionist cause or even anti-Semitic.

The problem for the Zionists is two fold.  Firstly they can only cry wolf so many times before the tactic becomes apparent.  Pro-Palestinian organisations such as MPACUK are watching this rather transparent manoeuvring and have the measure of the Zionists.

Secondly politicians such as Cameron know full well that Israel’s continued occupation of Palestine is untenable in the long run.  Leaving aside the selfish considerations of the demographic issue (or “Arab problem” as the Zionists like to refer to it).  The immorality of the occupation is all too apparent.  Claims such as “Israel being the only democracy in the region” are laughable and false.  Last summer this lie was laid bare for the world to see as Israel in a pre-planned exercise attacked Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure causing over 1,000 deaths and massive collateral damage.  Uncharacteristically, Cameron’s own foreign secretary took a courageous stand in a House of Commons debate last summer by stating that Israel’s attack on Lebanon was “disproportionate”.  As is to be expected the Zionist machine swung into action with much derision of such candour by Zionist journalists and open criticism by Conservative peer and former party treasurer, Lord Kalms.  Cameron stood by William Hague’s remarks and even went as far as saying that Kalms was “throwing his toys completely out of the pram”.  Un-Etonian but true.

In a surprising move Cameron even had the temerity to tell Israel’s Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, “The continued growth of the settlements, in combination with parts of the wall, is making a two state solution more difficult.  We should try to persuade the Israeli government that they mustn’t do things that make a two state solution impossible”.  This remark is a milestone for the Conservative party.  For the first time it seems to be taking the occupation more seriously then it has ever done before and criticising the Israelis for undermining any future settlement and MPACUK cautiously welcomes this development.  Prerequisites to a peaceful resolution are an acknowledgment of historical events and an honest assessment of the current situation.  A word of criticism for Cameron is where he spells out the areas of a future Palestinian state.  He mentions the West Bank and Gaza but omits East Jerusalem.  Was this deliberate?  Maybe the Muslims can get some clarification of this critical issue?   

The institutional degradation and humiliation of the Palestinians cannot continue unaddressed and Britain was complicit in the tragedy.  We therefore owe it to the Palestinians to sue for a just settlement after all these decades of Apartheid.