An awful lot of shit has been written over the last year about British policy towards Israel and particularly about Tony Blair's role in this regard. As part of his drive for the invasion of Iraq, Blair made much of the importance of a just settlement. Some even came to see him as something of an advocate for Palestinian statehood. His response to the Israel's plans for a "unilateral withdrawal" from the occupied territories (in fact more accurately described as a land-grab), demonstrates just how shallow this support was. For an illuminating assesment of British policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, check out this article by Mark Curtis.