Mark Curtis looks at the current war in Gaza from the perspective of Britain’s imperial past in this edited extract from his book Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam.

The official policy of “non-interference” had the effect of assisting the stronger side, meaning acquiescence in Israel’s take-over of most of Palestine and “ethnic cleansing,” which included the “transfer” of Palestinian Arabs into Jordan.

 Source: When Britain Aided Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine