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Britain not at war

"Britain ‘not at war’ despite sending more RAF jets to the Middle East, Reeves saysRachel Reeves said Britain may play a military role in helping Israel as the conflict intensifies"  (Independent 15/6/25)And despite RAF carrying out hundreds of reconnaissance flights over Gaza, and sharing results with Israel. Not involved, la la la.

David Ainsworth ● 36d6 Comments

In 1651 George Fox who founded Quakerism was offered an army commission. His response is widely regarded as the first statement of the Quaker peace testimony: “I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars... I told them I was come into the covenant of peace which was before wars and strifes were.”

Miles Thompson ● 34d

Where do you think refugees come from?https://brianbilston.com/2016/03/23/refugees/comment-page-1/

Philippa Bond ● 34d

Mr Brigo"Israel can look after itself"'hooooold on one minute! you keep telling us "Israel is under 'existential threat"'.GCE English Language Q1."Is it possible for these two statements to be true" ?Answer - YES (just read them slowly out loud in reverse order).

John Hawkes ● 36d

Israel is under existential threat as Iran and its proxies Hamas and Hezbollah are committed to destroy it.Shall we just agree to wipe out Ukraine because Russia wants to destroy it.

Robert Wheeler ● 36d

"Israel can look after itself"hooooold on one minute! you keep telling us Israel is under 'existential threat'

Michael Brigo ● 36d

Mr Ainsworth'And despite RAF carrying out hundreds of reconnaissance flights over Gaza, and sharing results with Israel. Not involved, la la la.'You might have an argument to say that the Middle East conflict is, to quote Chamberlain in 1938 during the Munich (Czech) Crisis, "a quarrel in a faraway land between people of which we know nothing."Perhaps we should let Israel and its Arab enemies 'just fight it out'.But if I were you I would not rush on line to Betfred and put money on your Arab teams.Israel can look after itself but it is an ally in the Western Alliance where we are also a prominent member.So they deserve our support if for no other reason that their electronic and other clandestine surveillance provide our domestic forces with key information to prevent even more Arab backed carnage on our streets than than we have been experiencing for more than a decade.And in the Iranian street attacks recently experienced in London seem to be starting up again.Your support for Iran might not be so publicly obvious that you would not be at risk.

John Hawkes ● 36d