Hours before England took the pitch against DR Congo in the World Cup round of 32, the dominant item on British social media was not Thomas Tuchel’s tactical formation, nor the fitness of Harry Kane, nor even the broader question of whether this gifted squad could finally deliver a tournament. It was Katie Price promising on Kiss Breakfast radio that she would pose naked if England won.

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The clip went viral within minutes. It trended above the match itself. Millions engaged with it, shared it, debated it. And in that single, absurd moment, a country revealed more about its national priorities than any opinion poll ever could.

Israel should be paying attention. Not to Katie Price, but to what her effortless hijacking of the national conversation reveals about the societies upon which Jerusalem depends. And the connection runs closer than it first appears.

Here is what makes the episode not merely amusing but genuinely troubling. Katie Price is not, as her critics lazily assume, a woman without substance. Her eldest son, Harvey, was born partially sighted, with septo-optic dysplasia, Prader-Willi syndrome, and autism. She was told he would never walk or talk. Price raised Harvey largely alone, and she did not do so quietly. She took a campaign against online abuse of disabled people to Parliament. Her proposed legislation, Harvey’s Law, won cross party support and contributed directly to the Online Safety Bill. She fronted two BBC documentaries that gave millions of viewers an unflinching look at what it means to care for a severely........

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