There are times when even the Guardian is beyond parody. The newspaper which recently published an article by Iran’s foreign minister – as Iranian propaganda does not get a sufficient airing in the West – can be relied upon to find the worst possible take on any subject, even the opening of a cake shop. Last month one of its football writers described the opening of a Gail’s (which was founded but is no longer owned by an Israeli) near a Palestinian-owned café, as ‘symbolic, an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression.’

There is, of course, a common thread to the above: Jews. The progressive paper of record has a thing about Jews, especially when they live in Israel. Israel is bad and so anything and anyone which is against Israel is therefore good. Which brings us to today’s edition. Across the front-page masthead is a picture of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, next to the quote: ‘You’re defeated the moment you stop fighting.’

It’s clear to whom Albanese is referring: herself. Still, there’s a wonderful irony that the point she is making is the rationale for the military action taken by Israel against the terrorists which work for its destruction.

Soft soap barely comes close to describing the interview. Albanese is portrayed from the start as a........

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