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(Un)veiling Evil?

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When Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Yvette Cooper, stood up in the House of Commons, to renounce the israeli National Security Minister, itamar ben-gvir, for his treatment of the brave souls aboard the most recent Gaza Flotilla, she left an awful lot for the more discerning viewer/listener to disassemble. So very much did she leave! When I became aware that Cooper had made the aforementioned statement, upon an israeli minister already being sanctioned for inciting colonial-settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, it came to me, first I think, via Clive Myrie's BBC. So, referencing the BBC's own report , we are able to learn that, in making such a statement, Cooper went so far as to align herself with both the US Ambassador to israel, Mike Huckabee- who described the actions as 'despicable'- and israel's President, benjamin netanyahu, both of whom also went 'so far' as to 'condemn' ben-gvir's a...