British Embassy Funding Anti-Israel Research Studies
They really are just that open about their bias:
A source in Israel's Foreign Ministry on Monday criticized the action. "It is interference by Britain in an internal Israeli matter. How would they react in London if our embassy was to fund research on a British organization that is trying to promote an agenda that is critical of [the government]? This is not acceptable in international relations." The British Embassy issued the following response: "We recognize Israel's need and right to defend itself, but we believe the route of the separation fence should follow the Green Line. [Our] funding of the research was intended to examine the implications of the current route of the fence on the Palestinian population."
The great thing about the embassy's response? It's not an answer! It's an FYI. We already knew that Britain doesn't thinks that the fence should run along the Green Line. Supposedly this is so that the fence will not prejudice final status negotiations... in favor of Israel - prejudicing them in favor of the Palestinians by putting it along the Green Line, that's just fine!
But yeah, we know that Britain believes that. But that's not an answer to Israel's accusation. Doing something like this is totally out of bounds for any country that pretends to have diplomatic relations with another country.
Israel said "you're in violation of every norm of international decorum"
Britain said "yeah, but we feel really strongly about it"
That's not an answer to "you're in violation of every norm of international decorum". Yet another breathtaking example of how the normal rules of diplomatic courtesy simply don't apply when you're talking about the Jewish state.
Previously: Things You Can/Must and Cannot/Must Not Do In Britain Today, Video: Radical Islam In Britain - "The Summit of Islam is Jihad", Britain Joins Most Of Europe, Asia In Embracing Hamas
