The two key reasons are the need for Whitehall to demonstrate British subservience and usefulness to the US, and the power of the Israel lobby, writes Declassified’s editor Mark Curtis.
Why Does the U.K. Give Israel Unqualified Backing?
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British MP: Minister ‘Misled’ Parliament on Secret Assange Operation
Matt Kennard and John McEvoy report on a member of Parliament’s questioning of the Foreign Office about its staff’s involvement in the secret policing operation to seize the WikiLeaks publisher from the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
UK Official Accused of Breaking Ministerial Code on Arms to Israel
And James Cleverly is not the only member of Boris Johnson’s government to fail to answer parliamentary questions on the same subject, Mark Curtis reports.