Critics say government shies away from standing up to Netanyahu in tilt to Indo-Pacific and pursuit of Middle East trade deals
and the pursuit of trade deals across the Middle East is to be investigated by the foreign affairs select committee.
In an evidence session in March with the Foreign Office’s permanent secretary, Sir Philip Barton, she asked: “Do you think we have the right posture towards Israel? I, for my part, feel that we have failed to be a critical friend. We have a very close and important security friendship but we have yet to adopt that critical one”, adding that she found the agenda of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government concerning.
Regev said the change had its roots in Arab states themselves. “London’s most important Arab partners, especially those in the Gulf, no longer perceive Israel as an enemy; instead, the pragmatic Arab states increasingly view Israel as a partner and an ally. Even the most diehard British Arabist has trouble remaining more negative about Israel than the Arabs themselves.”
Cleverly continued: “Through diplomacy, we have prevented those expansions from happening … we do not get our way in every instance, but that is how diplomacy works”.
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