The UK government, if you can call it that, turns a very determined blind eye to the destruction and death of civilians in Gaza whilst asserting Israel's right to "defend itself." By any measure, both sides are guilty of war crimes. Bibi has the west in his pocket and I can't see him ever being prosecuted for war crimes. To put it mildly, I'm not very impressed by your man Blinken in all this. This morning we had a UK cabinet minister, Grant Shapps, declaring that Israel has every right, etc. etc., literally not a word of criticism, and he repeatedly refused to address the sheer impossibility of moving a million people from Gaza City in 24 hours. The roads are blocked by debris, many people have no means of transport, there are thousands of people immobilised by injuries and they are running out of food and water. All credit to the BBC interviewer Mishal Hussain for pinning him down. The interview for Shapps was a total car-crash. It was on BBC Radio 4's Today programme at about 8.10 am UK time.