The Loyalist Zionists Who are Keeping Theresa May on Life Support
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a marriage made in hell - Loyalism and Conservatism
The links between Ulster Unionism and Zionism have always been close. The British Mandate in Palestine began in 1920 and it was ratified by the League of Nations in 1922. The Partition of Ireland began in 1921 and Southern Ireland became independent in 1922.
Both Ulster and Palestine involved British imperialism using a settler population in order to maintain its presence in another peoples’ land. Ulster had been the subject of the Plantation of Protestant settlers in the 17th century. Palestine was the subject of Jewish settlement in the 20thcentury. As the first Military Governor of Jerusalem, Sir Ronald Storrs(1920-1926), wrote in his autobiography Orientations:
Jackie McDonald - S Belfast UDA Brigade...