Massive demonstrations have taken place all over the UK against the continuing massacre in Gaza. There appears for the last three decades, to be a massive gulf between the attitude of the population of the United Kingdom towards the continuing genocide of the Palestinians, and the attitude of the political class across all mainstream political parties.
The divorce of the political class from the people – commonly referred to in the media as the decline of trust, as though it were the people’s fault – has been a huge phenomenon of recent times. In the case of the vocal and unreserved support of the political class for Zionism, it really does seem to be as simple as the constant pumping of pro-Zionist money to the politicians. Actually, this makes it a useful marker for how the entire rotten system works.
Q. Has the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville spoken to a relative of a Palestinian killed by an Israeli?
A. Probably not.
‘Quentin Somerville met one relative of a soldier killed in Israel’. Video 2mins19secs
23 July 2014
Palestinian PM says lift Gaza ‘siege’ as part of ceasefire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28431945
PS Five uses of the word ‘militant’ referring to Palestinians in that report. Israel has ‘soldiers’.
‘The IDF also says it has killed at least 170 militants. Israel says 28 of its soldiers and two Israeli civilians have died over the past two weeks.’
‘More than 630 Palestinians and 30 Israelis have been killed in the past 15 days of fighting, officials say.’
Thanks Mary for links re flechettes.