Mr Cameron, do the Palestinians have the right to defend themselves?

Speaking to Sky News, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron described Iran’s response to the Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus as “a reckless and dangerous thing”.

When the presenter asked him: “What would Britain do if a hostile state flattened one of our consulates?” Cameron replied: “We will take very strong action,” confirming that Iran’s response to the Israeli attack on its consulate was a “massive attack… on a very large scale.”

Cameron shared his view that: “Countries have the right to respond when they feel they have suffered an aggression.” Regarding the effectiveness of the Iranian response, he remarked: “Had those weapons not been shot down, there could have been thousands of casualties, including civilian casualties. That’s a really important point to take into account.”

Credit to @KayBurley for actually asking a member of the British government what we would do if another country flattened one of our consulates.

Cameron’s answer: “we would take very strong action”

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The British foreign secretary clearly explained what measures should be taken when aggression is staged against a diplomatic mission: “very strong action”. However, Iran launched, according to the Israeli army, around 330 drone and missile attacks, but Cameron referred to it as “a reckless and dangerous thing” because it was a “massive attack”.

The Israeli occupation state has been carrying out genocide in Gaza for more than half a year, and what Iran carried out was nothing compared to the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in one single day alone. During the past seven months, the Israeli occupation state has carried out not only one “massive attack”, but thousands of massive attacks on a very large scale. So, why is he not angry with this ongoing “livestream” genocide?

Cameron believes that: “Countries have the right to respond when they feel they have suffered an aggression.” What about people who have been suffering continuous aggression for eight decades? Do they have the right to defend themselves too?

He highlighted an essential issue in this interview when he questioned what would have happened: “Had these weapons [launched by Iran] not been shot down. There could have been thousands of casualties, including civilian casualties. That is a really important point to take into account.”

Cameron made his point clear: he is concerned about the potential thousands of casualties among civilians, but what has he done to stop the Israeli killing machine, responsible for killing more than 44,000 people, with more than two-thirds of them being women and children?

Why does he remain silent regarding the thousands of Palestinian casualties on the ground? Why did he not order the Royal Air Force to impose a no-fly zone to prevent their deaths? Why did he not at the very least stand up for his own people, who take to the streets in their hundreds and thousands, asking his government to take action and meet their simple demand to stop arms sales to the occupation state of Israel?

The answer is very easy for most, but seemingly not for someone like Cameron, who has racist Zionist blood running through his veins.

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