Israel no longer the U.Ks friends ?

Northampton, England
September 9, 2026 4:44pm CST
An interesting day. The U.K Labour government has accused Israel of genocide over the depopulation of Palestinians on the West Bank. Israel has been cashing in on the world's inaction over Gaza and accelerated the colonisation of the West Bank by Jewish settlers.The U.K and others are committed to a two state solution but realised that if Israel keeps building on a section of the Golan heights called E1 it would cut off Palestinians and so no chance of a two state solution. The hard right in Israel's government have admitted thats the plan. We had to act or why support the two state solution? it will still happen, of course, but our conscious lifted some. The U.K Foreign Secretary is of Jewish heritage, as are 30 of his party MPs, but used strong words like genocide and systematic killing and intimidation to Israel, unheard of in the West. Netty was not happy and immediately closed the UK consulate in Jerusalem. Israel said they would respond in kind to this 'attack on their sovereignty'. On the same day the U.Ks airspace computer control mysteriously shut down and all flights grounded. Were the two connected we wonder? Israel operates the world's best cyber hacking units. The Jews greatest tragedy is now is their biggest excuse to be violent.The Holocaust is a card they can wave to get their way on pretty much everything, hower ever heinous, doing the things the Nazi did to them , to the Gazans. If you criticize them you are called anti semites. It's a deliberate policy to stifle criticism of their foreign policy and Israel. Well the UK have decided to call them out. Some say the new PM here has done that to placate the left wing of his party that dont particularly like Israel and support Palestine. It's been costing the Labour Party votes. A lot of the left wing voters moved to the Green Party because of the Gazan War and our political leaders inactivity to stop the slaughter. And it was a slaughter, 23,000 plus women and kids killed. It probably is that reason and ill thought out by our PM as we have nothing to gain from it. We buy 18-25% of our medical drugs from Israel. We do that to support Israel economy as we can get them cheaper elsewhere. Be interesting to see where this goes as the Jewish diaspora are very influential in banking , the media and positions of political power.
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@TheHorse (240445)
• Walnut Creek, California
9h
Most of my Israeli friends despise Netanyahu.
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@JudyEv (387986)
• Rockingham, Australia
2h
The world is such a mess at the moment.
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@LadyDuck (509224)
• Italy
1h
I am not surprised, even most Israeli friends I know hate Netanyahu and what he is doing.
@Wrexxo (7025)
1h
Sounds like a big shift for the UK to use a word like genocide, that's not something governments say lightly. The consulate closure and the timing with the airspace issue does seem like a lot to happen in one day. Will be interesting to see how this affects things going forward.