Imagine if, in 1941, as we were fighting for our lives against the German menace, a boatload of foreign narcissists rocked up at Dover to make fun of us. Worse, imagine these self-regarding seafarers cheered on our enemies. Imagine they waltzed up to the nearest soldier or copper and barked ‘Victory to Germany!’ while sporting the smuggest smirk you have ever seen.

Everyone is frothing over the behaviour of Israel’s hard-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, which was indeed oafish

Everyone is frothing over the behaviour of Israel’s hard-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, which was indeed oafish

We’d be annoyed, right? More than annoyed: there would be national fury. Every paper in the land would denounce the preening aliens. Lines of boys in blue would have to hold back angry Brits yelling ‘Let me at ’em!’. Well, now you know how the good people of Israel must feel after yet another armada of cranks sailed their way to remonstrate with their soldiers and tell them how demonic they are.

For me, that was the most revolting thing in the clips that went viral this week showing members of the Gaza-bound ‘aid flotilla’ being detained in Israel. Everyone is frothing over the behaviour of Israel’s hard-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, which was indeed........

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