Reference:- The UK High Court has made an historic ruling .

Reference :-  Non -violent protest group Palestine Action is now banned after being declared a proscribed terrorist group .   Mr Netanyahu must be pleased . 

 Dear Mr Netanyahu , Sir , 

  It must warm the cockles of your heart to see those Palestine Action group rabble-rousers  declared a terrorist group under UK law .   Palestine Action has a minimum of 750,000 supporters , who risk a 14 year jail sentence if they don't zip their lips about your solution to the " Palestinian question " .  Of course , the outcome of this historic ruling remains to be seen . 

Some folk think that the great unwashed will back down , allowing you to press on with your final solution unhindered  . Others think that even more protests will erupt .  The team at The Sky Reply are too distant from the centre of the controversy to judge the situation .   Although here down under we have thus far eschewed the introduction of sweeping laws criminalising opposition to horrendous war crimes , one never knows when this might change .   Accordingly , the Kooralya chapter of the Free Palestine movement has decided to call itself  "  Palestine Inaction "  .    Obviously this is the grammatic opposite of " Palestine Action " , which means they could not be accused of supporting the newly proscribed terrorist group . 

The manifesto of Palestine Inaction is quite straightforward .  They use their right to peaceful protest to express their disgust at the inaction of governments who fail to support international law , and turn a blind eye to war crimes against Palestinian civilians .   

It's all very complex , Mr Netanyahu , is it not ?  Since you grew up in Philadelphia , and are almost my age , I imagine you would have seen Stanley Kubrick's great sword and sandal epic  " Spartacus " . 

Remember the penultimate scene ?    Spartacus steps forward to identify himself before Crassus , in the hope of sparing his comrades .  " I am Spartacus " , he says . 

But then , one by one , others come forward shouting " I am Spartacus ! " , in a courageous and moving  display of solidarity  . 

What if 750,000 come forward in support of Palestine Action ?   It costs 40,000 sterling each annum to keep one prisoner in jail .  That is 560,000 quid over a 14 year sentence .  Multiply that by 750,000 and  the figure starts to approach half a billion quid . And that is just the flagfall .  Half a billion quid is the equivalent of ten years of military aid to Israel supplied by the UK .  See the problem ? 

It makes no sense to waste 10 years of military aid cha-ching by incarcerating enough folk to seriously deplete the workforce and cripple the GDP of the UK .  Far better to simply tolerate the peaceful protests until they fade away due to the inclement weather occasioned by the inevitable onset of British winter . 

It may be annoying , but as everybody knows , you never hesitate to " turn the other cheek " for the sake of diplomacy and your long term goal of peace . 

Your comrade , 

Ken .  

 PS  Ken junior objected to this dispatch . 

" It was the British Government's decision to criminalise the protests, not Netanyahu  and the Israel lobby " , Ken junior said . 

" Was it ? " , I said .   

( Ken junior is at an awkward age , so I felt it best to humour him . )