We’ve always known that there were some nasty, anti-Semitic British politicians (e.g., London’s Mayor Ken Livingstone and MP George Galloway) but now former Foreign Secretary (and Prime Minister) Arthur Balfour must be turning over in his grave:
Foreign Office minister Kim Howells has criticised Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon, while on a visit to Beirut.
He said Israel had not carried out “surgical strikes” and attacking the Lebanese nation was not the answer….
…Speaking in Beirut, Mr Howells said: “I very much hope that the Americans understand what’s happening to Lebanon.
“The destruction of the infrastructure, the death of so many children and so many people. These have not been surgical strikes.
“And it’s very difficult, I think, to understand the kind of military tactics that have been used.
“You know, if they’re chasing Hezbollah, then go for Hezbollah. You don’t go for the entire Lebanese nation.”
Accusing the IDF of genocide is chutzpah, which is a Yiddish word roughly equivalent to hubris and nerve mixed together. If Lebanon keeps a poisonous snake in its home and lets it bite the neighbors, the neighbors are morally obligated to kill the snake.