Why did Queen Elizabeth II never visit Israel?
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her throne accession’s platinum jubilee in June of this year. Each and every aspect of her life has been discussed, examined, and overly analyzed since her death on September 8th.
This was undoubtedly a monarchy for the contemporary day, where customers had access to every facet of the late head of state’s life, work, and legacy thanks to media scrutiny made possible by news organisations and the internet.
Although she has never publicly expressed her views or political beliefs, which is prohibited by her position as a constitutional monarch. Also, rare reports gave her citizens a peek of the principles she upheld. People learned through the years and under relentless media scrutiny that she adored her pet corgis, had a wicked sense of humor, and that Andrew, her third child, was her favorite.
A fascinating fact emerged amid the media frenzy surrounding her life: during her 70-year reign, the “million mile” monarch travelled to nearly every country on earth, including those that are part of the Commonwealth as well as friendly and hostile states. She visited Iran in 1961. She visited the late president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, in 1991. She travelled to China in 1986 and notably walked the Great Wall of China. But why Israel was never visited by Queen Elizabeth II? She was regarded as a devoted Christian and held the position of head of the Church of England, but she never even attempted to travel to the Palestinian territories under occupation to see the holiest sites for the Christian faith.
The pro-establishment British media has refrained from commenting on this odd boycott since it is obedient in always toeing the official political line. After all, each UK Prime Minister before him has fervently affirmed the state’s commitment to maintaining a close relationship with Israel.
In his earlier years, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson notably lodged in a Kibbutz and wrote as a journalist of his love and appreciation for the Zionist organisation. Liz Truss, who succeeded him, rose to the top of the leadership battle after saying during her campaign that she supported moving the British embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Margaret Thatcher visited Tel Aviv while still in office in the 1980s and demonstrated her unwavering support for Israel in spite of the numerous breaches of international law the government perpetrated while she was prime minister, most notably the atrocities at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
Since Elizabeth II became queen in 1952, no British prime leader has been neutral, hostile, or even sympathetic towards Israel.
In the years following World War II, Western nations multiplied their efforts to accede to all the demands and whims of the newly constituted Zionist state, frequently at the expense of their own citizens or public opinion, feeling the need to share the burden of Nazi crimes.
The Queen never made the journey, despite the fact that her own mother-in-law is interred in St. Mary Magdalene’s Church in Jerusalem, which would have solidified the relationship that has always been represented as exceptionally close.
Some pundits have attempted to provide an explanation for this puzzling move that is obviously at odds with Britain’s official position on the Tel Aviv administration in the days since this information first came to light.
In addition, many people believe that Britain is not only Tel Aviv’s close ally but also in many respects the parent of Zionism, the supremacist philosophy behind the illegal regime. After all, it was Britain, posing as Lord Balfour, that made the commitment to deliver Palestine, which was never British territory, in exchange for the creation of the purported “Jewish nation.”
This terrible 1917 proclamation, which former British PM Theresa May commemorated with “pride,” opened the door for large-scale Jewish immigration from Europe with the goal of driving native Palestinians from their ancient territories.
Because of the nature of the relationship between Britain and Israel, political and diplomatic circles have long considered a snub from the British head of state to be unacceptable.
The reason the Queen never went to Tel Aviv is a mystery. The solution is found in her dual roles as a mother, wife, and even daughter, in addition to her official function as a queen.
The late monarch, who passed away at age 96, was 20 years old when a bomb went off in Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, killing 91 people. Eleven senior British officials as well as countless innocent civilians perished in the explosion that the Jewish terrorist organisation Irgun planned and carried out.
By the beginning of the 1940s, the 1929-built hotel had transformed into a clandestine base of operations for Britons assigned to Mandatory Palestine. These officials would gather there frequently with their families, and it was a well-known location.
The terrorist attack, which came after a protracted campaign by Jewish terror groups, signaled a change in British policy in the Levant and led to a gradual withdrawal of troops, leaving unarmed civilian Palestinians to face well-armed Jewish terror groups like the Irgun or the Stern gang in the years to come, culminating in the ethnic cleansing of Arab villages in 1948.
Even though they have been neatly put on hold now, the news of these terrorist acts rocked the kingdom at the time. The sense of betrayal was palpable because these crimes were not carried out by foreign militants opposing British occupation but rather by Jewish organisations that formerly received political assistance from Britain.
“Hon. Members will have learned with horror of the brutal and murderous crime committed yesterday in Jerusalem. Of all the outrages which have occurred in Palestine, and they have been many and horrible in the last few months, this is the worst,” then British prime minister Clement Atlee stated in the House of Commons.
Several British media sources demanded greater action against these Jewish terrorist organisations. According to a 2003 investigation, the Stern gang was enlisting British Jews to carry out terror operations inside the UK using surplus military planes.
These Jewish terrorist organisations persisted after the King David attack, despite the shock and political repercussions. On March 1st, 1947, a similar attack that targeted a neighbourhood club frequented by the armed forces resulted in the deaths of 17 British officers. A British guard was assassinated a few days later while stationed outside of an orphanage.
Why did Queen Elizabeth II never visit Israel?
Another case involved hanging soldiers and stuffing their bodies with explosives in an effort to cause as much suffering and double the number of fatalities as possible. Guards for the British railway were killed in front of a station. Three British officers were killed in the bombing of the British Labor Department in Jerusalem in August of that same year. A few weeks later, 10 additional officers died when the neighbourhood police station was destroyed, and four British policemen were killed in front of a bank.
By 1948, these terror organisations, which were composed of members of Israel’s future political elite, had claimed the lives of more than 800 servicemen who had been chosen to defend “king and country”.
The Queen, who was present when these things happened, would have vivid memories of them, especially since many of those who died had just returned from the war against Nazi Germany, which was said to have claimed a large number of lives among Europe’s Jewish community.
