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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/20/britain-israel-hamas-lammy-idf-gaza-campaign/
UK Government Attack on Israel Is Completely Unjustified
(Telegraph-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - When the leaders of the UK, France and Canada issued a statement rebuking Israel and vowing "concrete action" against it, the jihadis issued a delighted official response, calling it a "principled stance." Which rather suggests that we're now on the wrong side of history, doesn't it? Or at least on the wrong side of morality. The government has been edging the country towards a position that is hostile towards Jerusalem. If this continues, we can bid farewell to our security cooperation. British troops were supplied with the Spike NLOS missile directly from IDF stocks to defend bases in Iraq and Afghanistan against enemies firing rockets at them or planting bombs nearby. It prevented attacks and saved British lives. Our servicemen have also trained with Israel's high-tech Rhino mobile command and control center. The RAF has conducted numerous exercises with the Israelis, which has been of huge benefit; Israeli forces are unique in actually putting their kit and training to the test in high-stress, real world environments. The cooperation goes both ways. Ram Ben-Barak, former deputy director of Mossad, told me that a 2007 Israeli strike on a secret nuclear reactor in Syria came about after a tip-off from MI6. Of course, we crave an end to the fighting in Gaza. But the Israeli hostages are not an afterthought. They are a casus belli, and Israel is entitled to do all it can to get them home. Britain may have the luxury of suggesting that Israel downs weapons before it finishes the job, but that's only because our people aren't the ones who will be raped, kidnapped, butchered and mutilated - again - if Hamas is able to regroup.