BORIS Johnson made a surprise trip to Israel yesterday to show solidarity with the Jewish state following the deadly October 7 terrorist attacks.
An emotional Mr Johnson joined Australia’s former PM Scott Morrison on a tour of the war-torn region, where he branded the massacre of 1,400 Israeli civilians as “evil”.
The emotional ex-PM dragged his hand across his hair as he looked on at scenes of death and destruction.
Visiting the Kfar Aza kibbutz, which was attacked by Hamas, the ex-PM said the terrorists are trying to cause “maximum harm to the innocent”.
Mr Johnson even called on those demonstrating against Israel to see the devastation that he has witnessed during his stay.
He said: “‘Intentionally or otherwise those demonstrators are giving hope and comfort and support to the terrorists of Hamas.
“What I saw today showed above all why we need and will always need the state of Israel – a place where Jews can be safe.”
He added: “This was witting evil – a systematic programme of torture and sadism that is in a different moral category from the actions of Israel’s troops.
“The Israelis are trying their best – even if they are not always succeeding – to keep civilians out of harm’s way.”
The ex-PM warned that the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust “may be starting to fade”.
Slamming the pro-Palestine marches in Britain, he added: “It may be that what we’re seeing at some of these demos and the unthinking way people are talking about this issue – what we’re starting to see… is more and more evidence of antisemitism.”
Boris also met with British-Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem.
He told them: “Strongly I disagree with those who try to make some kind of moral equivalence between what you are doing and what the terrorists do.”
