He denounced the planned ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homeland, as advocated by Israeli ministers. Lammy claims that the British government cannot act “unilaterally,” citing the 1956 Suez crisis as the last gasp for such British initiatives in the Middle East. It could stop the use of RAF Akrotiri to support Israeli operations. Yet the growing pressure on him to act, pressure which the latest limited announcement will do nothing to abate, is not based on any assumptions regarding the Foreign Secretary’s moral compass. Were he in possession of such an instrument British policy would have changed long ago.