As was entirely predictable, Israel’s extremely well-co-ordinated propaganda effort continues to enjoy an extraordinary level of success in dominating the mainstream media agenda, and is even branching out into new media. Meanwhile, the underlying facts of this conflict remain available - to those who know where, in the labyrinthine back-streets of the Internet, to look - and provide a chilling corrective to the official narrative.

UPDATE: More on that “terrorist infrastructure” we keep hearing about from Jamie at the Heathlander - a brilliant overview, which should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand what Israel is really doing. And, if British complicity in Israeli aggression were not already damning enough, it appears that, under the cover of publically calling for a ceasefire, we are taking further strides in that direction - if the account of this former UK ambassador is correct. As David Wearing comments, the two-faced strategy is likely to be a result of the political costs paid by Brown’s predecessor as a result of his acquiescence in Israel’s vicious attack on Lebanon in the Summer of 2006, which ultimately helped lead to his ejection from office. This delicate strategy of balance, in which Britain attempts to maintain a facade of international respectability while not alienating its ally in the “special relationship” (not to mention its “special relationship” with Israel) has a long history, which you can find out more about here. In the meantime, we must try to embarrass the Government into reversing course. Tell your Parliamentary representatives about what Craig Murray has just revealed; keep pressuring journalists to get it into the news. We may not be able to save every life - but every bit of pressure we succeed in putting on our Government and on Israel may amount to more lives saved, more suffering alleviated in the long run.

Also ... As I noted in a piece written a couple of years ago for my University newspaper, Britain’s “defence relations with the United States” - along with the “interests of British arms companies” - are also implicated in the maintenance of our arms sales to Israel, according to the then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and other UK ministers. So it looks extremely likely that Britain is now making itself complicit in the mass killing of children so that it can continue to cosy up to corporate power at home and American power abroad. Just a thought.