They really just can’t help themselves – even against ostensible left-wingers:
On the left, the surprise emergence of the new Pensioners Party is a sign of how domestic issues surfaced, in an election largely dominated by discussion of Palestinian-Israeli security issues. Gil (Age) is headed by Rafi Eitan, a 79-year-old fomer Mossad chief who ran a sophisticated spying operation against the United States – supposedly Israel’s closest ally – through the US Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard, who was convicted of spying for Israel in the 1980s.
“Supposedly Israel’s closest ally” – you’d think that the Times UK could have used some of that famed British charm to hide their fangs for the length of an article. But no.
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