While reflecting on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Emily Thornberry, the UK Labour Party’s Shadow First Secretary, claimed that “Israel had lost its way,” before embarking on a wide-ranging one-sided critique of the Jewish state, making no reference to the sustained campaign of terror mounted by Palestinians in the wake of the Oslo accords.
WATCH: UK Labour’s Balfour ‘celebration’ rife with anti-Israel rhetoric
Labour's Emily Thornberry smiles after she retained her seat in the general election in, London, Friday, June 9, 2017. Britain voted Thursday in an election that started out as an attempt by Prime Minister Theresa May to increase her party's majority in Parliament ahead of Brexit negotiations but was upended by terror attacks in Manchester and London during the campaign's closing days. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)