Tory peer accuses UK government of 'effectively boycotting' Israeli minister

Lord Stuart Polak, a British peer in the House of Lords, on Tuesday accused the UK government of “effectively boycotting” an Israeli minister after the British foreign secretary said he had no plans to work with far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir, who was previously convicted of incitement to racism.

Polak, who was director of the Conservative Friends of Israel for 26 years, said this during a debate in the lower chamber about a recent escalation in tensions in Israel and Palestine.

[erict.watson]

Israel is already held to a different standard, just not the way he is suggesting.

[omuntu]

I wonder how much he is paid for this!!

[andylewis]

A Tory, talking about Meloni being “extreme right wing” says it all. The Tories have lost their way completely.

[_truthful_q_]

Are you concerned? Poor you. So attentive to Israel but not so much for your own citizens. If you love the guy so much, fly to Israel to be with him 😄 - he probably would have argued the same if Hitler were alive too.

[fatihamataiche]

It’s not about being democratic or not
It’s about human rights
Soldiers killing innocent children must come to an end

[conordorrian]

Maybe it's a delayed reaction to the guilt factor concerning the Balfour Agreement....🇵🇸❤️🇮🇪

[ahmedvawda]

Molly coddling a vicious occupier is the norm with the British weasels

[vraymond]

Maybe it's time for them to have a detail look at themself, for why they are hated by literally every single other humans on the earth, througout history.

[scorpi]

Israel is a Apartheid State this guy won’t tell you that

[mmamedia]

That’s the same as saying we have to work with Putin as he is elected

[XenkiJapan]

Chaim Nachman Bialik, considered the Israeli national poet, in "The Hour of the Present" (1934); "I believe, like Hitler, in the idea of ​​the power of blood."
Prepare for a painful punishment for your crimes and indecencies. Ignorance will not be accepted as an excuse.

[mahmoudyekta]

Other countries didn’t invaded Palestine, so need to boycott Israel

[محمود-قوح]

Has he forgotten which party he represents? 🤔

[rais]

Is any country other than Israel being accused from within its own population of committing the crime of apartheid? Has any other country legislated to reserve the right of self-determination solely for its dominant ethno-religious grouping to the exclusion of all others? Is any other country holding millions of people under permanent military occupation, stateless and without any say in their own government? Perhaps then Israel is not being treated like other countries because it is not like other countries.

[danaevans]

the path for the UK and the people is Righteousness and Justice, it is a matter to be clear and make the right choice. it is obvious that the human rights of Palestinian people are abused and being indifferent to it or closing the eyes on this situation is no longer possible. the world is no longer the same .

[eduardovalencia]

IIsrael is as democratic as Boer South Africa was.

[farhanahansa]

He's probably paid to say this... A new " SELLOUT "

[huzaifahshaikh]

This man should spend a week of his life as Palestinian, let's see what happens next.

[presbourg]

Imposing and supporting isreali killings on Palestinian soil, is very shameful and inhumane

[roymonaghan]

So is what you're saying with work with other bad folks so why not Israel? Free Palestine.