London – Newly instated British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed the Jewish son of Holocaust refugees and a critic of Israel to be foreign secretary.
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Brown’s decided to replace Margaret Beckett with David Miliband. Miliband previously served under Tony Blair as Britain’s environment secretary, he crossed Blair by criticizing Israel during the war against Hezbollah .
Miliband is the son of Polish Jews who immigrated to England to escape the Holocaust. His father, Ralph Miliband, arrived in England from Poland via Belgium on one of the last ships across the Channel in 1940.
At 41, David Miliband is the second youngest foreign secretary in British history. [JTA]
Oy. This guy’s late father, Ralph Miliband, was a well-known Marxist academic and left-wing political activist of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s (he died in 1994). The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree — the son also came up in “progressive” political circles. I guess he’s one of those typical Jewish liberal/leftists who shows the world how he’s for “social justice” and “the dispossessed” by coming down hard on big, bad, mean Israel as it tries to defend itself against its enemies, the poor, helpless Arabs. Better Brown should have left Margaret Beckett in place — as a typical left Laborite, she’s certainly no bargain, but at least she’s not some self-hating Jewish leftist out to show the world how “fair” and “even-handed” he can be by constantly whacking his own people and coddling their enemies.
Perfect choice for England, fits like a glove for their policies.