Britain’s Rulers Have Been Partners in the Gaza Genocide
Tory and Labour governments in Britain have provided every conceivable form of support for Israel’s genocidal project in Gaza. Peter Oborne, an independent-minded conservative journalist, has now provided us with a definitive record of their complicity.
For well over two years, Britain’s government, its official opposition, and almost the entire media have accepted a constantly evolving defense of Israeli actions and Western foreign policy in support of a state committing genocide against Palestinians. (Henry Nicholls / AFP via Getty Images)
“We need to make sure that the story is told properly so that when the history books write this (sic), they don’t write about the victims of Gaza.”
These are the words of Mike Pompeo, secretary of state in the first Trump administration, in January 2026. They were greeted with applause by his audience.
Though spoken brazenly, they announce the secret hope of the transatlantic political and media classes. They know, as Pompeo does, that if history is recorded accurately, it will damn them for all time.
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