Commenting http://www.theguardian.com/world/on-the-middle-east/2014/apr/23/israel-palestinian-territories?commentpage=1:

The long shadow what matters is not the death of one terrorist, but that the so-called "West" treats with deep deference his current heirs in Israel's regime, who are still operating based on his ideas and still have as their goal as purely Jewish state in all of Palestine, where none but Jews can live.

All of Britain's main political parties' leaders do ritualistic declarations of unconditional, unending support to Israel at a time when it has accelerated illegal settlement building and home demolitions to a level unprecented in recent decades.

This refusal to confront the racism and human rights abuses of Israel just because it declares itself to be a Jewish state is the long shadow that must be dispelled.