Is it to cynical to see anti-semitism creeping back into the mainstream of British and Western society under the guise of anti-zionism? Eastern Europe never did try to suppress anti-semitism even when jews had been all but eradicated from there. It had been hoped that the West was on a better course after WWII.

It is however particularly depressing that sympathy for Palestinians has led otherwise intelligent people and worthy organisations to take such partisan positions in such a complicated conflict. And this when the West and western oriented societies are facing islamist terror on every continent.

The blinkered British(until Obama the main focus of anti-Israel endeavours) are attacking and undermining that outpost of western civilisation which is the West’s natural ally. The only dependable ally in that part of the world. That the Palestinians do not have a state is their own fault, due to their endemic corruption, infighting and extremism in refusing an accommodation with Israel that does not end with the dissolution of the jewish state.
That the middle-east is in ferment has not so much to do with Israel but rather with radical islam whether wahabi or shiite. The radicalisation emerges out of Saudi and Iran and for years has aimed at outposts of Western culture, infiltrating from Indonesia to Pakistan and Bosnia.

The West seems to be bending over backwards to weaken Israel ever more as the islamist threat to the west increases in scope and threat.
The decadent West collaborates with those primitive zealots who wish to destroy a civilisation that took two thousand years to build. The West surely does not deserve to survive the islamist onslaught against it. But Israel refuses to go down without a fight. I do not believe Israel will go down unless the west refuses to wake up to the threat and pulls Israel down with it.

Whilst reporters like Bowen and McGreal and the myriad others spread their venom, people like yourself Robin represent a beacon. It may be ‘the lights are going out all over Europe’ but at least you will be able to say you were an independent and honourable voice, refusing to join the crowd. Keep up the good work.