It is with outrage and profound disappointment that We Believe in Israel condemns the United Kingdom’s support for a UN resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict while scandalously omitting any demand for the release of hostages, including British citizen Emily Damari. In this act of diplomatic cowardice, the UK has abdicated its moral responsibility, betrayed its own nationals, and lent credence to the barbarism of Hamas.
This resolution, bereft of any clause requiring the immediate and unconditional liberation of hostages, represents a grotesque surrender to moral relativism. It signals to the world that hostage-taking, a despicable war crime, can be met with silent acquiescence rather than unequivocal condemnation. By failing to demand justice for the men, women, and children held captive by a genocidal terror group, the British Government has chosen to place hollow platitudes above the fundamental duty of any civilised nation: the protection of its citizens.
The omission is no mere oversight; it is a calculated act of negligence. To vote for a resolution that sidesteps the plight of the hostages—some of whom, like Emily Damari, are British citizens—is to endorse their continued suffering. It hands a propaganda victory to Hamas, an organisation whose atrocities are so grotesque they beggar belief. This is the group that has butchered infants, raped women, and used its own civilians as human shields. That the UK could lend its voice to a resolution which fails to address these crimes is nothing short of a moral calamity.
This shameful abdication also undermines Israel's legitimate right to defend its citizens against unrelenting aggression. A ceasefire that does not demand the immediate return of hostages or the disarmament of Hamas is not peace; it is capitulation. It is an insult to the very concept of justice, one that rewards the terrorists while punishing their victims.
The United Kingdom, once a beacon of moral clarity, has sullied its reputation by aligning itself with those who refuse to hold Hamas accountable. This resolution, far from promoting peace, ensures that terror will be emboldened, hostages will remain in torment, and justice will continue to be deferred.
WBII demands that the British Government take immediate steps to rectify this disgraceful blunder:
- Insist on a follow-up resolution that explicitly calls for the unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas.
- Demonstrate unwavering support for Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism.
- Reaffirm the principle that no democracy should be forced to negotiate with those who revel in the slaughter of innocents.
This is not a matter of left or right, Israeli or Palestinian, or even British or foreign. It is a matter of justice versus barbarism, of civilisation versus savagery. The British Government must decide which side of history it wishes to stand on.
The world is watching, and it will not forgive those who chose complicity over courage, cowardice over truth, and political expediency over the lives of innocent men, women, and children.
