War on Gaza: Why is David Cameron silent on Israel's invasion of Rafah?
Chris Doyle | The British foreign secretary may have to stick to a pro-forma script that maintain Britain’s complicity in the ongoing Israeli crimes | For three months, the British government has repeatedly voiced concerns regarding the Israeli intention to launch a ground invasion of Rafah. Yet, when the actual Israeli invasion kicked off this week, the British government was deathly silent. No ministerial statement, no government press release and no social media posts. David Cameron, the UK foreign secretary, has embarked on an impressive disappearing act. ■ When he did finally pop up to make a major foreign affairs speech on Thursday, he made three standard references to Gaza and not one about any invasion of Rafah. He dodged the chance to stand tall on the world stage. Government ministers would score a set of perfect 10s for the verbal gymnastics in order to skip past the understandable parliamentary and media questions fired off at them.