“His belief in Israel, David Cameron announced last week, is indestructible. This statement of bomb-proof support was made at the annual dinner of the Community Security Trust, a group that tracks anti-semitism in Britain and provides security for organisations considered at risk of attack.

The CST’s most recent report found that 2010 was another year for marked aggression against Judaism in Britain. Most Jewish schools, it is depressing to note, now require round-the-clock security. ‘I will always be a strong defender of the Jewish people. I will always be an advocate for the state of Israel,’ the Prime Minister said.

So why, then, is Israel so uneasy about Britain? What is it that prompted Benjamin Netanyahu to tell The Daily Telegraph, just days before Mr Cameron spoke, that he is ‘worried’ about this country? Why, when our Prime Minister speaks of his ‘indestructible’ support, did Mr Netanyahu raise the “huge issue” of the decline in backing for Israel in the West and notably in the UK?”

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