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Badenoch blurts out the truth: Britain is at the heart of Gaza 'proxy war'
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>If you have spent the past 20 months wondering why <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">British</a> leaders on both sides of the aisle have barely criticised <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>, even as it slaughtered and starved Gaza’s population of more than two million people, you finally got an answer last week. </p>
<p>Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the quiet part out loud. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9XdN0ME9o0" target="_blank">She told Sky</a>: “Israel is fighting a proxy war [in Gaza] on behalf of the UK.” </p>
<p>According to Badenoch, the UK - and presumably in her assessment, other western powers - aren’t just supporting Israel against Hamas. They are willing that fight and helping to direct it. They view that fight as centrally important to their national interests. </p>
<p>This certainly accords with what we have witnessed over more than a year and a half. Both the current Labour government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and its Tory predecessor under Rishi Sunak, have been unwavering in their commitment to send <a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/uk-israel-munitions-shipments-palestine" target="_blank">British arms</a> to Israel, while also <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-report-lays-out-full-extent-uk-israel-military-partnership-gaza" target="_blank">shipping weapons</a> from the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">United States</a> and <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/germany" target="_blank">Germany</a> to help with the slaughter. </p>
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