Most people were not particularly shocked when U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Monday.
However, people were tremendously shocked when Sunak shifted James Cleverly from Foreign Secretary to Home Secretary and then appointed former Prime Minister David Cameron his new Foreign Secretary. This required Cameron to be appointed to the House of Lords.
There is no question that Braverman says many dubious things and is not known for her prudence. After all, Braverman had been forced to resign as Home Secretary a little over a year ago by then Prime Minister Liz Truss for sharing an official document with another MP using her personal email. However, Sunak saw fit to reappoint Braverman less than a week later.
Braverman is known for her overwhelming desire to send asylum seekers to Rwanda and recently described homelessness as "a lifestyle choice." This is cruelty for the sake of cruelty. In which case, she might be more aptly named Cruella than Suella.
However, the Palestinians are rapidly becoming the third rail of British politics. In an editorial for the Times of London, Braverman accused London Metro Police of favoritism towards pro-Hamas demonstrators despite their blatant anti-Semitism. Braverman described these demonstrations as "hate marches". Indeed, some of these pro-Hamas demonstrators confronted Jews leaving a synagogue in the St. John's Wood neighborhood in the northern part of London near Abbey Road Studios by shouting anti-Semitic sentiments and spraying smoke in their direction.
For once, Suella Braverman told the truth. But it was a truth which cannot be heard. For this, she has been banished - for now.
Sunak's appointment of Cameron not only reeks of desperation, but it is a reminder of Cameron's anti-Israel views. In July 2010, while on a state visit to Turkey, Cameron condemned Israel's blockade of Gaza describing it as a "prison camp." Mind you, Cameron made no mention of the fact the blockade has been jointly administered by Israel and Egypt nor did he hold Hamas responsible for bleak conditions in Gaza.
Frankly, with Cameron in charge of Foreign Affairs, we can expect far more hectoring of Israel while humanizing Hamas. In so doing, Sunak risks losing ground on his pro-Israel credentials to Labour Party leader Keir Starmer despite the fact that Starmer has his own problems with anti-Semitism within his ranks as the cancer of Corbyn does not so quickly recede.
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