He is here, of course, for talks about the imminent recognition of a Palestinian state by the UK government, which has rightly been described as a reward to Hamas for October 7. (Don’t be taken in by the sophistry that there is some kind of decision still to be taken about this; the UK will definitely be recognising a Palestinian state at or before the UN General Assembly later this month. It is too cowed by its fear of those Muslims who vote along sectarian lines not to go ahead.) Contrast this welcome for Abbas, leader of an authority which...