Why does Ed Miliband have it in for Israel? Was organizing a purely symbolic vote in parliament that recognized a fictive Palestinian state designed to earn him “wild applause from the unions [and] smiles of approbation from the far Left”? Or is the answer to be found in his discomfort with his own Jewish identity? Whichever, writes Maureen Lipman, his actions show that he believes in “one law for the Israelis, another for the rest of the world”:
The world is exploding all around us. Islamic State is beheading our civilians while raping and pillaging across Syria and Iraq. Presidents Putin and Assad are playing such heavy-handed games that we don’t know which rebel group to support. Hong Kong may be about to see a replay of Tiananmen. Islamist terrorism in every spot of the globe—and if one Jew had been responsible for any of those bombings, there would be a repeat of Kristallnacht. At this point in our history, you choose to back these footling backbenchers in this ludicrous piece of propaganda?
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