A clear-sighted commentary on what lies behind the whole miserable incident, by William Shawcross, who observes:

"Western critics of Israel often say that they are not anti-Semitic, merely anti-Zionist. No such distinction occurs to commentators such as Sheikh Hussein [bin Mahmud, a pseudonymous but apparently popular commentator in the global jihadist community] – Jews, Israelis, they are all 'the sons of apes and pigs.'"

The more it changes, the more it stays the same.