Despite the closest of ties between our intelligence services and armed forces today, the Foreign Office has maintained its bias against the Jewish state.
JEWISH IMMIGRANTS from war-torn Europe pack the ship S.S. Atzmaut (Independence, in Hebrew) as it sails into Haifa port weeks before May 14, 1948. The UK played a key and often controversial role in Israel’s history. Now it is time to support the peace plan, the author argues.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByRICHARD KEMP