Why Did No-One Think of This Before?

In working for a ceasefire in Gaza, His Majesty's Government is prepared to deploy all diplomatic means short of economic sanctions, calling ethnic cleansing by its proper name, or doing anything of which the White House might disapprove; and doubtless the Foreign Secretary's rumoured diplomatic mission to the Righteous State will continue to fall short in the accepted manner. As a one-time member of the coalition that devastated Iraq on the pretext of a crime perpetrated mostly by Saudi Arabians, Britain has already wagged the finger at Iran about the perils of retaliation. Now the Foreign Secretary hopes to bring together the "cruel" hostage-takers and the evidently rather less cruel crusaders for Lebensraum in Palestine, apparently by sheer force of personality. That should certainly help matters.