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Friday, February 2, 2024
Likud minister likens UK’s backing for Palestinian state post-war to Nazi appeasement
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Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli of Likud rails at British Foreign Secretary David Cameron for saying Britain could recognize a Palestinian state after the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, comparing the UK’s top diplomat to the prime minister who led its appeasement policy toward Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler before World War II.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Chikli shares a photo of Cameron waving alongside a picture of former premier Neville Chamberlain holding up a copy of the 1938 Munich Agreement that let Germany annex parts of Czechoslovakia in an effort to avoid another major war in Europe. Chamberlain famously declared that “peace for our time” had been secured upon his return from the negotiations in Munich.
“Hello to David Cameron, who wants to bring ‘Peace in Our Time’ and grant the Nazis who committed the atrocities of October 7th a prize in the form of a Palestinian state as a token of recognition for murdering babies in their cribs, mass rape and abducting mothers with their children. ‘The march of Folly,'” writes Chikli.
Hello to David Cameron, who wants to bring "Peace in Our Time" and grant the Nazis who committed the atrocities of October 7th a prize in the form of a Palestinian state as a token of recognition for murdering babies in their cribs, mass rape and abducting mothers with their… pic.twitter.com/ljLhQs5DbM
— עמיחי שיקלי – Amichai Chikli (@AmichaiChikli) February 2, 2024
The Likud minister’s post comes a day after Cameron reiterated the UK could recognize a Palestinian state once the fighting is over but clarified it would not do so until the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group is out of the enclave.
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