Britain’s short-lived solidarity with Palestine exposed on second anniversary of Gaza war

‘Friday marks the second anniversary of one of history’s bloodiest attacks on Gaza. Despite a few echoes of solidarity with Palestinians from the British establishment, the government has since sold Israel arms licenses worth over £25 million.
Charities and campaigners have demanded an investigation into the 2014 conflict, which lasted from July 8 to August 27. Allegations of war crimes haunt both sides.
A relative of a child killed during an Israeli airstrike, Sobhi Bakr, said: “I cannot understand how a crime … where the whole world saw how boys playing on the beach were massacred mercilessly, can pass like that without any criminals held to account.”’

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