One of the most curious recent features of Loyalism is a professed solidarity with Israel. Unkind critics note that the presence of Israeli flags fluttering above the red, white and blue kerbstones represents nothing more than a direct rebuke to Republicans making common cause with the Palestinians. Squander Two Blog exposes the depth of this new-found zionism:
Anyway, the UVF, a Unionist "paramilitary organisation" (terrorists), have been developing quite close ties with the BNP of late. I suppose the BNP are also a Unionist paramilitary organisation, in a way, so you can see why such an alliance might form. But, of course, this raises a problem. So a BNP speaker was coming over to give a speech in a UVF-controlled area, and his hosts went round and took down all the Israeli flags so as not to offend him.
This makes me crazy, especially since Zionism is a form of ethnic nationalism and, as such, has much more in common with the beliefs of the fools who are flying the Palestinian flags.
Posted by: Jon Ihle | October 11, 2004 at 04:42 PM