It isn't necessary to be unduly cynical to wonder exactly what it takes for British diplomats to be "appalled" by anything. But that was the reaction to Israel's eviction of Palestinian families from the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah – the ugly face of ethnic cleansing and the creation of new "facts on the ground" that make nonsense of hopes for any movement in the moribund peace process.
The spokesman at the British consulate who went public with that undiplomatic A-word added bluntly: "These actions are incompatible with the Israeli professed desire for peace. We urge Israel not to allow the extremists to set the agenda." More...
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