Former communities secretary says FCO has ‘pathological desire to seem balanced’,but that Israel deserves ‘support and empathy (sensitivity to another's feelings as if they were one's own)’The UK Foreign Office is turning a blind eye to Palestinian incitement due to “a pathological desire to seem balanced whatever the cost”, Sir Eric Pickles has said.
Writing for the Conservative blog ConservativeHome, and the former communities secretary and chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel said David Cameron had been “unequivocal in his condemnation of Palestinian incitement” in his speech to the Israeli parliament final year. “He recognises that democracies must stand shoulder to shoulder together against the threat to innocent civilians on our streets,” Pickles said.
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Source: theguardian.com