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Not at all the UK is a Zionist stronghold. They were the original colonisers of Palestine.
Israel recently staged a coup in the UK to prevent Jeremy Corbyn (who is anti israel and was head of Labour) from leading the country. They used fake antisemitism claims. Now Keir Starmer a self proclaimed Zionist has stolen control of the leading UK Labour party
Just yesterday another UK mp was vindicated of false israeli slander of "antisemitism" by judges. https://youtu.be/mbwpURVQZw4
Yeah, but like, why?
Partly business -- Israel and the UK have multi-billion £ trade agreements, and partly political -- the UK has long followed Washington when it comes to foreign policy.
US soft-power reach is pretty overwhelming, I guess.
I've lived in a couple of countries in Europe.
The UK is by far the one that most apes the US and you could even say that at least the English (there are more Brits than just the English, but they're the majority by far) who tend to see themselves as more important than everybody else, don't think that when it comes to Americans.
And if you look at which countries follows the US into their wars of agression, Britain is always number 1 on the list.
All this to say that US soft-power is far less effective in the rest of Europe than in Britain, which way more open to American influence and far less critical of it than the rest.
They like money. Most politicians will let someone throw people into a meat grinder if it lands them a comfortable salary.
Israel also makes sure to take them on paid brainwashing trips beforehand and tells them not to listen to anyone "advocating for Hamas". So those people can sleep soundly at night as long as they don't think about it.
This might help explain a little
https://swprs.org/the-propaganda-multiplier/
Wow, that's a very respectable looking conspiracy site.
I'd give it a look regardless of their reputation, but they don't actually make the raw data accessible, and most of the citations are polemic in nature.
That being said, uncritical regurgitation of content from Western government sources is a thing. So far they've rarely turned out to be complete liars when off the record or anonymous, but it's good to keep in mind.
Weird and interesting story at the same time, but there were already some royals who in the 1700s had the same evangelical beliefs, colonial interests and also strong antisemitism.
They thought that by colonizing Palestine they could get rid of the Jews and also have them in a geopolitically convenient location where they could have a grip on the Arabs. They were undermining pan-Arabism already in the 1800s.
It’s really some Illuminati conspiracy mumbo jumbo that goes back centuries and apparently it’s hard to get rid of.
Another possible factor is perception management. They wanna keep up the image of Israel being the good guys because of geopolitics, arms sales and because it’s easier than trying to explain the complexity of the situation and also that it’s actually the fault of the British.
I think politicians and the media think that us normal people are too stupid too handle a situation that isn’t black and white, so they try to make sure we have a clear idea of who are the bad guys and who are our heroes. And my personal view is that this has been going on for so long that they actually started believing their own lies.