When the ‘civilised world’ allows inhumanity to thrive, we are all in deep trouble

As the predictable calls for “restraint by both sides” are rolled out by Western politicians and officials, let us be clear that Israel’s latest attack against Iran could not, and would not, have happened without the support that those same politicians and officials have given the occupation state throughout the ongoing genocide against the people of occupied Palestine. The most far-right regime in Israel’s history has been emboldened by the likes of Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen, allowing Benjamin Netanyahu to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as genocide, without restraint. Yvonne Ridley warned in an article in MEMO last October that, “Netanyahu will not stop until he drags the US and UK into Middle […]