gave away the homeland of the Palestinian people in 1917 to become a Jewish homeland. They had no legal or moral right to do so and only 'acquired' Palestine afterwards through armed invasion and colonisation and against the wishes of the indigenous people. This set two peoples in conflict with one another over the same land and one homeland.
refused time and again over a thirty year occupation (1917-1948) to answer Palestinians plea for self determination, independence and an end to colonisation.
promoted a plan to partition Palestine with the proposal that the indigenous Palestinian people living there would be forced out to make room for a Jewish state. This legitimised in the eyes of many leading Zionists the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians from their homes and land that followed a few years later. Also trained the Zionist army in the brutal collective punishment of entire villages during the Palestinian war of liberation in 1936-1939.Ref (1)
stood aside the British army as the Zionist forces brutally expelled the majority of its Palestinian population from the intended Jewish state.Ref (2)
New Labour administered Britain from 1997 to 2010 During these years British Government leaders did not seek to protect the Palestinians from a mountain of human rights abuses despite 1) British administrations being the first cause and continuous facilitator of Palestinian suffering. 2) the obligation of all signatures to human rights agreements to do all in their power to support these rights wherever it is needed 3) they being very close to Israel and very involved in the area
during this time 4) their oft repeated proclamation of support for democracy, human rights and freedom
