Right, so Thailand’s conflict with Israel-linked activity has escalated. Protests over Israeli tourists have been building for months, locals have become increasingly angry, and Phuket’s streets have echoed with calls for Israel to leave. But now the row has moved beyond the street and into building inspections, business investigations and land-ownership checks, because nothing quite sets the alarm bells off like Israel and land procurement these days does it?

Officials have rummaged through the Israeli Chabad House in Patong and, shocker, found the place looks about as much like the approved plans on file as a Picasso painting looks like a passport photo. And it’s not just a case of flagging up a small rear extension either, this has now literally just exploded has now mutated into a hunt for shady shell companies, phantom licences, myster ...