ported in a recent investigation by the website Declassified UK, record British diplomats describing a pattern of abuses by a state their own government would go on to arm for the next two decades.
Today, Blair sits on the Board of Peace that presides over Gaza, where Israel's disregard for Palestinian lives and the rules of war has been demonstrated on a genocidal scale, while the UK's newly seated leadership refers to Israel's actions as "a stain on the conscience of the world".
But what did the British government already know about Israel's actions more than 20 years ago?
What the files say
That record begins in March 2002, when then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon launched Operation Defensive Shield in retaliation for a wave of attacks by Palestinian armed groups, including Hamas.
Israeli forces tore through the occupied West Bank, killing 800 Palestinians in a single month, mostly civilians, and injuring another 1,900.
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Blair is a war criminal like he gave a fuck when he was in power