Willieleaks! The Foreign Office Camel Corps Still High In The Saddle

There's a must-read revelation in The Commentator regarding documents from William Hague's Department, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; these items appear to indicate a decided prejudice against the Israeli government and an unwillingness to acknowledge Palestinian provocation of Israel.  Says the article in part:

'.... While British Prime Minister David Cameron publicly calls the UK a "strong friend of Israel" – previously redacted documents marked "RESTRICTED" by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have placed fresh doubts over whether Britain is as firm an ally as the Prime Minister has previously suggested.

Research papers and e-mail correspondence from within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were supposedly redacted, however staff who compiled responses to freedom of information requests had seemingly failed to properly secure the information before it was released.

The text, which was then uncovered by TaxPayers’ Alliance Founder Matthew Elliott, reveals information about the FCO approach to Benjamin Netanyahu and the wider Middle East peace process.

Of specific interest is a document called “Research Paper FINAL” in which the following lines had previously been redacted by British Government officials:

"Netanyahu has a history of using the incitement issue as a delaying tactic in peace talks."

and

"The history of this issue suggests that Netanyahu administrations have a tendency to charge the PA/PLO with incitement as a delaying tactic in peace talks."....'

In this connection I'm intrigued by an observation by a  monitor of BBC bias, who, having read entire The Commentator article, reflects:

".... Given the degenerate decline of UK politicians, who follow a blinkard path that appears the most expedient in the long run, regardless of the lack of morality and service to the country inherent in that path, maintaining this view is hardly surprising.

Now considering the Foreign Office also funds the BBC World Service, to the tune of £240+ million per year, it might account in part for the BBC's own biased coverage of events there.... "