Since becoming Labour party leader in 2015, Jeremy Corbyn and his allies in the party have been subjected to a concerted campaign by UK Zionists of false allegations of anti-Semitism. These agents of Israel will stop at nothing to prevent the emergence of a Palestinian sympathiser as prime minister of the land that issued the Balfour Declaration just over 100 years ago. (Remember expelled Israeli embassy intelligence agent Shai Masot, caught on camera talking about 'taking-down' a Tory minister in 2016? How much more of a target do you think today's Jeremy Corbyn is then?)
Having agreed to an interview* Britain's Jewish News on March 28, Corbyn was prevented with an ideal platform to challenge the views of those behind the campaign. Unfortunately, he squibbed it, leaving us to wonder whether he was simply not across the subject, deliberately pursuing a low-profile strategy, or, heaven forbid, lacking in moral courage.
Crucially, at no point in the interview did he attempt to draw the fundamental and necessary distinction between Zionism, the (racist, supremacist) political ideology which underpins Israeli settler-colonialism and apartheid, and Judaism, the faith. And even when the interviewer finally broached the subject - "JN: Your shadow foreign secretary was happy to describe you as a Zionist - is that a term you would accept for yourself? - the best Corbyn could come up with was this: "I wasn't quite sure in what context she... said that."
Corbyn's attitude towards Hamas & Hezbollah was the subject of this hysterical question:
"Another expression of regret that you've made in relation to your description of Hamas and Hezbollah as 'friends'. Can you see that to call a group that wants me dead, wants our readers dead, that want all their relatives in Israel and around the world dead, means that British Jews are bound to be profoundly concerned?"
Yet, instead of pointing out the bleeding obvious - that both are primarily national resistance movements which arose in response to Zionist aggression and occupation - he simply asserted, when pressed, that he "fundamentally disagrees" with them.
As for appearing at pro-Palestinian rallies where some have flown Hezbollah flags - which carry a logo incorporating a gun, as did the flag of Menachem Begin's Irgun, the ideological forerunner of Netanyahu's Likud - he might have asked his interlocutor what exactly he thought it was that enabled the Zionist takeover of Palestine in 1948, or continues to enable the illegal Zionist occupation of Palestine to this day.
And then there was this on the matter of false allegations of anti-Semitism:
"JN: Some of your key supporters are still calling allegations of anti-Semitism smears... are they smears?"
Instead of pointing out that yes, some at least have been smears, designed solely to stifle criticism of Israel, and contesting the absurd idea that, merely because such allegations are made by Zionist advocates in the Jewish community, they must automatically be taken seriously, Corbyn replied lamely, "I am not an anti-Semite in any form, therefore it's unfair to say that and I hope people would understand that. I've recognised there is an existence of it [anti-Semitism in the party], I've recognised the... importance... of getting rid of it."
Seriously, if Corbyn thinks that not dealing forthrightly with these issues, let alone raising the issue of the Zionist subversion of British politics, is going to keep the Zionist monkey off his back, he is sadly mistaken.
[*Exclusive Jewish News interview with Jeremy Corbyn: 'I'm not an anti-Semite in any form']
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
An Israeli Plot to Take Over the UK
The complete failure of the British government to respond to Al Jazeera's brilliant exposure of Israeli embassy operative Shai Masot, plotting to "take down" one of its ministers, reminds me of an episode in Lewis Gilbert's classic 1980 British play, Educating Rita.
Remember when Rita's academic supervisor, Dr Frank Bryant, is officially reprimanded for being drunk while giving a lecture, and she asks him if the university is going to sack him? "Good God no," Frank replies,"That would involve making a decision. Pissed is all right. To get the sack, it would have be rape on a grand scale. And not just with the students, either. That would only amount to a slight misdemeanour. No, for dismissal, it would have to be nothing less than buggering the Bursar."
For Dr Bryant, think Israeli ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev. He has just been informed by an aide that one of his senior diplomats, Shai Masot, has been caught on video, plotting to take down a British cabinet minister:
Regev: Sod them, eh Rachel! Sod them!
Aide: Will they expel you, Ambassador?
Regev: Good God no. That would involve making a decision. Plotting to take down a minister is all right. To get expelled, it would have to be rape on a grand scale. And not just with cabinet ministers, either. That would only amount to a slight misdemeanour. No, for expulsion it would have to be nothing less than buggering the Prime Minister.
And even then...
Comedy aside, on those rare occasions when Israeli infiltration, manipulation, and corruption of the political processes of Western nations is exposed, it is perhaps less the fact of the subversion that shocks (for that, as anyone with an in-depth knowledge of the Zionist project in Palestine knows, is the nature of the beast) as the supine, look-away, nothing-to-see-here attitude of Western political and media elites.
The following analysis by Mohammed Javed, Where is the outcry over Israel's 'Trojan Horse' in Britain?, examines the meaning and ramifications of the Masot affair, and addresses the question of what should be done about it:
"Put yourself in the shoes of a country, economically rich, culturally diverse, and relatively stable in terms of government. Now imagine that a senior diplomat of a foreign country conspired with like-minded individuals to interfere in your affairs and influence who runs your government. Along with that, imagine that same diplomat admitted he helped set up political groups in order to garner support for his own country, with links and funding coming from that same country.
"Well, imagine no longer, because that is exactly what happened when senior Israeli diplomat, Shai Masot, was captured on video conspiring to 'take down' certain UK government ministers such as Sir Alan Duncan, who has spoken out against Israeli policy and sympathised with the plight of the Palestinians. Recorded by an undercover journalist from Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit, it also captured the moment Masot admitted he helped set up pro-Israel political groups embedded within the major parties.
"What would be the logical reaction to such blatant foreign intervention and subtle infiltration? A full-on investigation? A furious purging of the national parties from such influences? Or at least a show of outrage for dramatic effect? Actually, none of that has been done. There have been no extensive discussions and debates on national radio stations such as LBC as would have happened even if the pound falls by a penny, and there was no front-page coverage on any national television station or media outlet apart from a few mentions on the morning after it was exposed. Most importantly, there has been no investigation launched into the issue.
"Let us now compare this to the 'Trojan Horse' scandal which erupted a few years ago in 2014, when there was a frenzy of debate, public fear and drama in the UK officialdom about Muslims apparently taking over the education system and implementing conservative Salafi views on innocent schoolchildren. Based on a whiff of a few leaked letters, all of which could have been fabricated, investigations were launched, arrests were made and the monstrous Prevent programme was fuelled.
"Now, however, definitive evidence has been released of Israeli diplomats plotting to to take down MPs and ministers of this country who do not conform with Israel's policies, as well as confirmation that it was the Israel embassy itself that created and funded Israeli lobby groups to influence the politics of major UK political parties. An invasion of Britain's democratic political body is taking place and has been exposed, yet no investigation is being launched and the government 'considers the matter closed.' Prime Minister Theresa May has herself quickly shut down calls for the matter to be investigated, and the speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, does not 'think it will be helpful to dwell on the matter.'
"This is not, however, the only case of aggressive Israeli lobbying and interference in British politics, but is in fact proving to be more than a simple coincidence as more recordings are being revealed to the public. Maria Strizzolo, former aide to MP Robert Halfon and the woman who was seen conspiring with Masot in the London restaurant that evening, boasted of influencing Halfon to voice statements in Parliament in support of Israel while she was working under him.
"Another revelation of Israeli infiltration released shortly after that was that of the National Union of Students (NUS) and the attempted ousting of Malia Bouattia, its first non-white and Muslim president, who is also a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement - all attributes needed to land on Israel's hit list. The vice president of the NUS, Richard Brooks, held secret meetings with pro-Israeli parliamentary officers such as Michael Rubin and directors of the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) to overthrow the recently elected president and impose their own figure along with their views, especially the banning of the BDS movement within the Union.
"All of these revelations prove one thing overall: the gradual and deliberate takeover of of the UK by a secret Israeli cabal. A network of individuals in high social and political positions who share the same dangerous psychotic views in support of the continued occupation and oppression of Palestine and its people, along with its other countless objectives for the Middle East, which go far beyond that. This silent revolution obtains its funds directly from Tel Aviv itself, and benefits neither Britain's interests nor the interests of world peace in general. It makes one wonder what has befallen the government, the media, and the people of Britain to make them so apathetic in the face of this invasion.
"The country's solution and road to recovery would need to be one both diplomatic and practical, and would consist firstly of conducting a full, thorough and honest investigation into the Israeli infiltration of the British government. If necessary, there should be arrests, forced resignations or at least demotions of all those found guilty. The next step would be to purge all the UK's political parties - particularly the ruling Conservatives and the divided Labour - of all harmful influence from the Israeli lobby. This would include installing measures and frequently monitoring groups such as Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) to ensure that such forces do not again corrupt British politics.
"This is not 'anti-Semitism', but rather a matter of national security. The government and the British people pursued the wrong enemy in the pointless drama of Operation Trojan Horse. There is no Islamic plot to take over the UK, but there is an Israeli one." (middleeastmonitor.com, 21/1/17)
Remember when Rita's academic supervisor, Dr Frank Bryant, is officially reprimanded for being drunk while giving a lecture, and she asks him if the university is going to sack him? "Good God no," Frank replies,"That would involve making a decision. Pissed is all right. To get the sack, it would have be rape on a grand scale. And not just with the students, either. That would only amount to a slight misdemeanour. No, for dismissal, it would have to be nothing less than buggering the Bursar."
For Dr Bryant, think Israeli ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev. He has just been informed by an aide that one of his senior diplomats, Shai Masot, has been caught on video, plotting to take down a British cabinet minister:
Regev: Sod them, eh Rachel! Sod them!
Aide: Will they expel you, Ambassador?
Regev: Good God no. That would involve making a decision. Plotting to take down a minister is all right. To get expelled, it would have to be rape on a grand scale. And not just with cabinet ministers, either. That would only amount to a slight misdemeanour. No, for expulsion it would have to be nothing less than buggering the Prime Minister.
And even then...
Comedy aside, on those rare occasions when Israeli infiltration, manipulation, and corruption of the political processes of Western nations is exposed, it is perhaps less the fact of the subversion that shocks (for that, as anyone with an in-depth knowledge of the Zionist project in Palestine knows, is the nature of the beast) as the supine, look-away, nothing-to-see-here attitude of Western political and media elites.
The following analysis by Mohammed Javed, Where is the outcry over Israel's 'Trojan Horse' in Britain?, examines the meaning and ramifications of the Masot affair, and addresses the question of what should be done about it:
"Put yourself in the shoes of a country, economically rich, culturally diverse, and relatively stable in terms of government. Now imagine that a senior diplomat of a foreign country conspired with like-minded individuals to interfere in your affairs and influence who runs your government. Along with that, imagine that same diplomat admitted he helped set up political groups in order to garner support for his own country, with links and funding coming from that same country.
"Well, imagine no longer, because that is exactly what happened when senior Israeli diplomat, Shai Masot, was captured on video conspiring to 'take down' certain UK government ministers such as Sir Alan Duncan, who has spoken out against Israeli policy and sympathised with the plight of the Palestinians. Recorded by an undercover journalist from Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit, it also captured the moment Masot admitted he helped set up pro-Israel political groups embedded within the major parties.
"What would be the logical reaction to such blatant foreign intervention and subtle infiltration? A full-on investigation? A furious purging of the national parties from such influences? Or at least a show of outrage for dramatic effect? Actually, none of that has been done. There have been no extensive discussions and debates on national radio stations such as LBC as would have happened even if the pound falls by a penny, and there was no front-page coverage on any national television station or media outlet apart from a few mentions on the morning after it was exposed. Most importantly, there has been no investigation launched into the issue.
"Let us now compare this to the 'Trojan Horse' scandal which erupted a few years ago in 2014, when there was a frenzy of debate, public fear and drama in the UK officialdom about Muslims apparently taking over the education system and implementing conservative Salafi views on innocent schoolchildren. Based on a whiff of a few leaked letters, all of which could have been fabricated, investigations were launched, arrests were made and the monstrous Prevent programme was fuelled.
"Now, however, definitive evidence has been released of Israeli diplomats plotting to to take down MPs and ministers of this country who do not conform with Israel's policies, as well as confirmation that it was the Israel embassy itself that created and funded Israeli lobby groups to influence the politics of major UK political parties. An invasion of Britain's democratic political body is taking place and has been exposed, yet no investigation is being launched and the government 'considers the matter closed.' Prime Minister Theresa May has herself quickly shut down calls for the matter to be investigated, and the speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, does not 'think it will be helpful to dwell on the matter.'
"This is not, however, the only case of aggressive Israeli lobbying and interference in British politics, but is in fact proving to be more than a simple coincidence as more recordings are being revealed to the public. Maria Strizzolo, former aide to MP Robert Halfon and the woman who was seen conspiring with Masot in the London restaurant that evening, boasted of influencing Halfon to voice statements in Parliament in support of Israel while she was working under him.
"Another revelation of Israeli infiltration released shortly after that was that of the National Union of Students (NUS) and the attempted ousting of Malia Bouattia, its first non-white and Muslim president, who is also a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement - all attributes needed to land on Israel's hit list. The vice president of the NUS, Richard Brooks, held secret meetings with pro-Israeli parliamentary officers such as Michael Rubin and directors of the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) to overthrow the recently elected president and impose their own figure along with their views, especially the banning of the BDS movement within the Union.
"All of these revelations prove one thing overall: the gradual and deliberate takeover of of the UK by a secret Israeli cabal. A network of individuals in high social and political positions who share the same dangerous psychotic views in support of the continued occupation and oppression of Palestine and its people, along with its other countless objectives for the Middle East, which go far beyond that. This silent revolution obtains its funds directly from Tel Aviv itself, and benefits neither Britain's interests nor the interests of world peace in general. It makes one wonder what has befallen the government, the media, and the people of Britain to make them so apathetic in the face of this invasion.
"The country's solution and road to recovery would need to be one both diplomatic and practical, and would consist firstly of conducting a full, thorough and honest investigation into the Israeli infiltration of the British government. If necessary, there should be arrests, forced resignations or at least demotions of all those found guilty. The next step would be to purge all the UK's political parties - particularly the ruling Conservatives and the divided Labour - of all harmful influence from the Israeli lobby. This would include installing measures and frequently monitoring groups such as Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) to ensure that such forces do not again corrupt British politics.
"This is not 'anti-Semitism', but rather a matter of national security. The government and the British people pursued the wrong enemy in the pointless drama of Operation Trojan Horse. There is no Islamic plot to take over the UK, but there is an Israeli one." (middleeastmonitor.com, 21/1/17)
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Israeli Subversion of UK Student Politics
It's not only Britain's political parties that Israeli intelligence operative Shai Masot has been subverting. It's also student politics:
"A senior official from the UK's National Union of Students has been covertly filmed conspiring to oust the organisation's president Malia Bouattia as part of a sting involving the Israeli embassy. An undercover Al Jazeera reporter - known only as Robin - posed as a political activist with links to the now disgraced Israeli diplomat Shai Masot to investigate the influence the Israeli embassy exerts on British politics.
"'Robin' is heard discussing how to oust Bouattia from her position as NUS president with NUS Vice President Richard Brooks, after Masot introduces him as the Chairman of Labour Friends of Israel. In the secret recording, Brooks is filmed telling Robin that he accepted a trip to Israel funded by the Union of Jewish Students. He is also heard to say that he was a key figure involved in attempts to remove Bouattia. 'So how can we get in touch with the people who are trying to oppose her?' asked Robin. Brooks admitted to organising the faction against Bouattia, telling Robin to 'drop me a line whenever you want to have a conversation' if he wished to speak to any figures opposed to Bouattia...
"Bouattia, the first Muslim woman of colour to lead the NUS, has been criticised by opponents for alleged anti-Semitism, claims that she denies. Known for her years of pro-Palestine activism on campuses across the UK, Bouattia says she considers herself an opponent of 'Zionist politics'." (REVEALED: NUS official colluded with Israeli embassy to oust student leader, Areeb Ullah, middleeasteye.net, 9/1/17)
"A senior official from the UK's National Union of Students has been covertly filmed conspiring to oust the organisation's president Malia Bouattia as part of a sting involving the Israeli embassy. An undercover Al Jazeera reporter - known only as Robin - posed as a political activist with links to the now disgraced Israeli diplomat Shai Masot to investigate the influence the Israeli embassy exerts on British politics.
"'Robin' is heard discussing how to oust Bouattia from her position as NUS president with NUS Vice President Richard Brooks, after Masot introduces him as the Chairman of Labour Friends of Israel. In the secret recording, Brooks is filmed telling Robin that he accepted a trip to Israel funded by the Union of Jewish Students. He is also heard to say that he was a key figure involved in attempts to remove Bouattia. 'So how can we get in touch with the people who are trying to oppose her?' asked Robin. Brooks admitted to organising the faction against Bouattia, telling Robin to 'drop me a line whenever you want to have a conversation' if he wished to speak to any figures opposed to Bouattia...
"Bouattia, the first Muslim woman of colour to lead the NUS, has been criticised by opponents for alleged anti-Semitism, claims that she denies. Known for her years of pro-Palestine activism on campuses across the UK, Bouattia says she considers herself an opponent of 'Zionist politics'." (REVEALED: NUS official colluded with Israeli embassy to oust student leader, Areeb Ullah, middleeasteye.net, 9/1/17)
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Funding the Campaign to 'Take Down' Jeremy Corbyn
George Galloway's analysis (on his FB page) of the just unmasked machinations of Israeli embassy operative Shai Masot is worth a listen in its entirety. Here, for example, is what he has to say about how they intersect with the recent Zionist smear campaign to 'take down' UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn:
"Jeremy Corbyn and I have marched together for more than 30 years in support of the Palestinian people. Since the day and hour that Corbyn was elected, indeed when it became clear he was likely to be elected, the Israel lobby has gone absolutely bananas. They persecuted Jeremy Corbyn every step of the way to the leadership, and as soon as he had won it they began trying to have him overthrown. They confected an entirely false anti-Semitism scare inside the Labour Party, painting their own party as a nest of racists when, of course, the truth was that there was nothing to such allegations whatsoever. The only thing that most Labour Party members have in common with Jeremy Corbyn on this is their support for justice for the Palestinian people, and their opposition to the crimes of the state of Israel.
"Well, there was a Labour MP at the lunch. Her name is Joan Ryan. She's the MP for Enfield, though you wouldn't know it. In fact, she's more properly described as the MP for Tel Aviv. She's the chair of the so-called Labour Friends of Israel, and she was there for a very important purpose. And the same Israeli official [Shai Masot], in charge of political relations with the British political parties, gave her some very good news, and in the... Al Jazeera footage you can see the breadth of the smile on her face. As well it might, because the official told her that he had secured more than 1 million pounds as a slush fund for Labour MPs to come to the aid of the state of Israel.
"It's being dressed up as more than 1 million pounds to fly members of the Labour Party to Israel for 'fact-finding missions'. but that's entirely bogus. First of all, most of them have already been on not one, but several fact-finding missions to Israel. Second, you can fly to Israel for well under a thousand pounds. And let's say half of the Labour MPs have taken the shekel - that doesn't even cost you a hundred thousand pounds. What was the other 900,000 pounds for? I'll tell you, it was for a slush fund to destabilise Jeremy Corbyn, to try and overthrow him as the leader of the Labour Party. It was for a political slush fund operated by a Labour MP on behalf of a foreign power - not just any foreign power, but one which is the biggest international lawbreaker on earth, one which has just been unanimously condemned by the entire UN Security Council for its criminal activities against the Palestinian people.
"What kind of Labour MP is not only in bed with a state like that, but is receiving covertly (because you would never have heard of the existence of this slush fund) more than 1 million pounds? Taking this money from a foreign embassy official to lobby for that foreign country when that foreign country stands in public opprobrium amongst almost all Labour Party members, most people in Britain, and most countries in the world?" (Treason & Plot: The Israeli Scandal)
There appears to be a news blackout on this scandal in Australia (Fairfax, Murdoch, ABC). Two comments on the thread which follows Galloway's analysis indicate that this is also the case in Denmark and Germany. I imagine the US ms media is following suit.
"Jeremy Corbyn and I have marched together for more than 30 years in support of the Palestinian people. Since the day and hour that Corbyn was elected, indeed when it became clear he was likely to be elected, the Israel lobby has gone absolutely bananas. They persecuted Jeremy Corbyn every step of the way to the leadership, and as soon as he had won it they began trying to have him overthrown. They confected an entirely false anti-Semitism scare inside the Labour Party, painting their own party as a nest of racists when, of course, the truth was that there was nothing to such allegations whatsoever. The only thing that most Labour Party members have in common with Jeremy Corbyn on this is their support for justice for the Palestinian people, and their opposition to the crimes of the state of Israel.
"Well, there was a Labour MP at the lunch. Her name is Joan Ryan. She's the MP for Enfield, though you wouldn't know it. In fact, she's more properly described as the MP for Tel Aviv. She's the chair of the so-called Labour Friends of Israel, and she was there for a very important purpose. And the same Israeli official [Shai Masot], in charge of political relations with the British political parties, gave her some very good news, and in the... Al Jazeera footage you can see the breadth of the smile on her face. As well it might, because the official told her that he had secured more than 1 million pounds as a slush fund for Labour MPs to come to the aid of the state of Israel.
"It's being dressed up as more than 1 million pounds to fly members of the Labour Party to Israel for 'fact-finding missions'. but that's entirely bogus. First of all, most of them have already been on not one, but several fact-finding missions to Israel. Second, you can fly to Israel for well under a thousand pounds. And let's say half of the Labour MPs have taken the shekel - that doesn't even cost you a hundred thousand pounds. What was the other 900,000 pounds for? I'll tell you, it was for a slush fund to destabilise Jeremy Corbyn, to try and overthrow him as the leader of the Labour Party. It was for a political slush fund operated by a Labour MP on behalf of a foreign power - not just any foreign power, but one which is the biggest international lawbreaker on earth, one which has just been unanimously condemned by the entire UN Security Council for its criminal activities against the Palestinian people.
"What kind of Labour MP is not only in bed with a state like that, but is receiving covertly (because you would never have heard of the existence of this slush fund) more than 1 million pounds? Taking this money from a foreign embassy official to lobby for that foreign country when that foreign country stands in public opprobrium amongst almost all Labour Party members, most people in Britain, and most countries in the world?" (Treason & Plot: The Israeli Scandal)
There appears to be a news blackout on this scandal in Australia (Fairfax, Murdoch, ABC). Two comments on the thread which follows Galloway's analysis indicate that this is also the case in Denmark and Germany. I imagine the US ms media is following suit.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Israel Astroturfs the UK
More revelations concerning Israel's hidden hand in UK politics:
"An Israeli embassy official who plotted to 'take down' MPs regarded as hostile has also set up a number of political organisations in the UK that operated as though entirely independent. Shai Masot was filmed covertly as he boasted about establishing several groups, at least one of which was intended to influence Labour Party policy, while appearing to obscure their links to Israel. The disclosure comes as Labour demanded the government launch an immediate inquiry into 'improper interference in our democratic politics.' A former Tory government minister also called for an inquiry into the Israeli embassy's links with two organisations, Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and Labour Friends of Israel (LFI).
"Meanwhile, Masot is being sent back to Israel in disgrace, and a civil servant and Conservative official [Strizzolo] who was also filmed discussing ways to discredit MPs has resigned from her post....
"In the latest recordings, Masot boasts of establishing organisations 'in Israel and here [in the UK].' When asked what he means, the Israeli official replies: 'Nothing I can share, but yeah,' adding: 'Yeah, because there are things that, you know, happen, but it's good to leave those organisations independent. But we help them, actually.'... The footage taken by al-Jazeera shows Masot wanted Robin [the al-Jazeera filmer Masot and Strizzolo believed to be an LFI activist] to head up a new organisation, Young Labour Friends of Israel. At a meeting last July, Masot explains that he had the idea for a group called Young Conservative Friends of Israel in 2015, and wanted to set up a Young Labour Friends of Israel at that time. 'When I tried to do the same in Labour they had a crisis back then with Corbyn. So instead of that I took a delegation to Israel... I took a Fabians group to Israel,' he says.
"Masot also says in the footage of that meeting that he does not wish to see Jeremy Corbyn win the leadership contest with Owen Smith. During another meeting, he describes Corbyn as 'a crazy leader.' 'I would rather that the party will not stay with Corbyn,' he says. Referring to a number of Labour MPs who had recently visited the West Bank, he adds: 'Some of them are against Corbyn, so who knows?' Masot advised Robin that he should launch the Young Labour Friends of Israel by first organising a reception, and then setting up an email list. LFI needs to be rejuvenated by a new youth group, he adds. 'Not a lot of young people want to be affiliated. For years, every MP that joined the parliament joined the LFI. They're not doing it any more in the Labour Party. CFI, they're doing it automatically. All the 14 new MPs who got elected in the last elections did it automatically... " (Israeli diplomat who plotted against MPs also set up political groups, Ewan MacAskil/ John Cobain, theguardian.com, 9/1/17)
Meanwhile, back in Australia, you'll be interested to know that "a group of Labor politicians has formed a new action group to counter what they perceive to be growing anti-Israel sentiment within the party that they claim is being pushed by high-profile colleagues such as former foreign minister Bob Carr. The Labor Israel Action Committee, headed by NSW state members Walt Secord and Ron Hoenig, will work to 'restore balance in the Labor Party on Israel and the Middle East.' It's understood the group, which has 62 members, was formed in response to frustration at the influence of Mr Carr and NSW MP Shaoquett Moselmane... Federal Labor members Mike Kelly and senator Deb O'Neill are the new group's co-patrons, while former NSW MP Eric Roozendaal, former NSW MP Mary Easson and former senator Michael Forshaw were some of the first official members." (Labor politicians join to fight 'anti-Israel focus', Sam Buckingham-Jones, The Australian, 12/12/16)
"An Israeli embassy official who plotted to 'take down' MPs regarded as hostile has also set up a number of political organisations in the UK that operated as though entirely independent. Shai Masot was filmed covertly as he boasted about establishing several groups, at least one of which was intended to influence Labour Party policy, while appearing to obscure their links to Israel. The disclosure comes as Labour demanded the government launch an immediate inquiry into 'improper interference in our democratic politics.' A former Tory government minister also called for an inquiry into the Israeli embassy's links with two organisations, Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and Labour Friends of Israel (LFI).
"Meanwhile, Masot is being sent back to Israel in disgrace, and a civil servant and Conservative official [Strizzolo] who was also filmed discussing ways to discredit MPs has resigned from her post....
"In the latest recordings, Masot boasts of establishing organisations 'in Israel and here [in the UK].' When asked what he means, the Israeli official replies: 'Nothing I can share, but yeah,' adding: 'Yeah, because there are things that, you know, happen, but it's good to leave those organisations independent. But we help them, actually.'... The footage taken by al-Jazeera shows Masot wanted Robin [the al-Jazeera filmer Masot and Strizzolo believed to be an LFI activist] to head up a new organisation, Young Labour Friends of Israel. At a meeting last July, Masot explains that he had the idea for a group called Young Conservative Friends of Israel in 2015, and wanted to set up a Young Labour Friends of Israel at that time. 'When I tried to do the same in Labour they had a crisis back then with Corbyn. So instead of that I took a delegation to Israel... I took a Fabians group to Israel,' he says.
"Masot also says in the footage of that meeting that he does not wish to see Jeremy Corbyn win the leadership contest with Owen Smith. During another meeting, he describes Corbyn as 'a crazy leader.' 'I would rather that the party will not stay with Corbyn,' he says. Referring to a number of Labour MPs who had recently visited the West Bank, he adds: 'Some of them are against Corbyn, so who knows?' Masot advised Robin that he should launch the Young Labour Friends of Israel by first organising a reception, and then setting up an email list. LFI needs to be rejuvenated by a new youth group, he adds. 'Not a lot of young people want to be affiliated. For years, every MP that joined the parliament joined the LFI. They're not doing it any more in the Labour Party. CFI, they're doing it automatically. All the 14 new MPs who got elected in the last elections did it automatically... " (Israeli diplomat who plotted against MPs also set up political groups, Ewan MacAskil/ John Cobain, theguardian.com, 9/1/17)
Meanwhile, back in Australia, you'll be interested to know that "a group of Labor politicians has formed a new action group to counter what they perceive to be growing anti-Israel sentiment within the party that they claim is being pushed by high-profile colleagues such as former foreign minister Bob Carr. The Labor Israel Action Committee, headed by NSW state members Walt Secord and Ron Hoenig, will work to 'restore balance in the Labor Party on Israel and the Middle East.' It's understood the group, which has 62 members, was formed in response to frustration at the influence of Mr Carr and NSW MP Shaoquett Moselmane... Federal Labor members Mike Kelly and senator Deb O'Neill are the new group's co-patrons, while former NSW MP Eric Roozendaal, former NSW MP Mary Easson and former senator Michael Forshaw were some of the first official members." (Labor politicians join to fight 'anti-Israel focus', Sam Buckingham-Jones, The Australian, 12/12/16)
Monday, January 9, 2017
Exposed: Israeli Infiltration of UK Tory & Labour Parties
An absolute must-read:
Israel plot to 'take down' Tory minister: Astonishing undercover video captures diplomat conspiring with rival MP's aide to smear Deputy Foreign Secretary, Simon Walters, dailymail.co.uk, 8/1/17
"The Israeli Embassy made a shocking vow to 'take down' Boris Johnson's Foreign Office deputy, a secret film reveals today. The bombshell footage, covertly filmed in a London restaurant and obtained by The Mail on Sunday, shows a senior diplomat making the astonishing threat to target Sir Alan Duncan. Extraordinarily, he is egged on by a senior aide to another Conservative Minister, Robert Halfon. The video comes in a film claiming to expose the way that the Israeli government has 'infiltrated' both the Conservative and Labour parties via its embassy in the UK, using secret cash and covert support.
"Further footage shows the Israeli diplomat, intelligence expert Shai Masot, telling senior Labour MP Joan Ryan that he has obtained 'more than 1 million pounds' to pay for sympathetic Labour MPs to visit Israel. Mr Masot also mocks 'crazy' Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his 'weirdo' supporters. Footage also shows pro-Israel Labour activists discussing the Jerusalem government's secret role in backing their activities. The revelations follow Tory infighting over the Party's policy on the Israel-Palestine dispute, and repeated claims of anti-Semitism among Labour's Left-wing 'Corbynistas'. Senior Tory MPs have condemned the apparent threat to 'take down' Sir Alan - who has been critical of Israel and who is described in the secret footage as causing 'problems' - and called for a Downing Street inquiry...
"The disclosures are in a film made by the investigative unit of the Qatari-based Al Jazeera TV company, which claims to show how the Israeli Government has 'infiltrated' the Conservative and Labour parties... An undercover reporter and hidden cameras tracked Masot across Britain as he held secret talks with figures from the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and its Labour counterpart (LFI). His apparent threat to 'take down' Sir Alan was made a month later at the Aubaine restaurant, directly opposite the Israeli Embassy in Kensington, West London, where Masot is based. Also present was Maria Strizzolo, senior aide to Education Minister Robert Halfon, former political director of CFI.
"After Ms Strizzolo boasts about her role in making Halfon a successful minister, Mr Masot asks her conspiratorially: 'That's obvious, but can you do the opposite stuff as well? Can I give you some names of MPs that I would suggest you take down?' When Ms Strizzolo replies that all MPs 'have something they're trying to hide,' Mr Masot says: 'I have some MPs' and tells the undercover reporter: 'She knows which MPs I want to take down... the deputy Foreign Minister [Duncan].' He says Sir Alan - a well-known critic of Israel, and Boris Johnson's second-in-command - is 'doing lots of problems.' He appears to suggest that Sir Alan is more powerful because Johnson 'is an idiot with no responsibilities. If something real happened... it will be Duncan.' Strizzolo says Sir Alan is 'impossible to rebuff' and has powerful 'friends' and claims that in a bitter clash over israel with her boss, Sir alan 'threatened to destroy' Mr Halfon. 'Rob told the Whips and they told him [Halfon] to calm down,' she says. Strizzolo then suggests: 'A little scandal maybe?' adding: 'Don't tell anyone about this meeting.'
"Ambitious Mr Masot's CV has the hallmarks of a spy: he spent eight years in the Israeli Navy's 'Special Unit', has a degree in International Affairs, worked in Israeli Defence intelligence, has the rank of major and recently applied to run Israeli Foreign Affairs intelligence. He says he is 'not a career diplomat' and came to the UK 'to take care of specific political issues - that's what I do.'...
"Both Mr Halfon and Ms Strizzolo are prominent supporters of Conservative Friends of Israel. Shortly after Mr Halfon was made Education Minister by Theresa May last year, Ms Strizzolo, his former Commons chief of staff, became a civil servant at the Education Department and continues to work part-time for him at the Commons. In the film, she boasts of how she and the CFI ensure Tory MPs offer vocal support for Israel, for example by preparing public statements for them. 'If you do everything for them it's harder for them to say, 'I don't have the time... I won't do it,' she said. She says she phoned Mr Halfon from Israel and 'convinced' him to ask a question to David Cameron in support of Israel in Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons in 2014. When Mr Masot asks: 'Did he do it?' Ms Strizzolo replies: 'Yeah, and [obtained] a Government statement.'
"The film also shows how Mr Masot had intensive contact with pro-Israel Labour figures and discussed extra funding for LFI at the Party's conference in Liverpool in September. He tells the group's chairman, Ms Ryan, of plans for 'another delegation of LFI activists' to visit Israel. Ms Ryan responds: 'That'd be good. What happened with the names we put in to the embassy, Shai?' Masot: 'We've got the money, more than 1 million pounds, it's a lot of money.' Ryan: 'It must be.' Masot: 'I have got it from Israel. It is an approval.' Ryan: 'I didn't think you had it in your bag!'
As George Galloway tweeted yesterday: "The PM has clear evidence that a foreign government in league with their agents in parliament are a conspiracy against her government and the UK."
Of course, it couldn't possibly happen here... could it?
Israel plot to 'take down' Tory minister: Astonishing undercover video captures diplomat conspiring with rival MP's aide to smear Deputy Foreign Secretary, Simon Walters, dailymail.co.uk, 8/1/17
"The Israeli Embassy made a shocking vow to 'take down' Boris Johnson's Foreign Office deputy, a secret film reveals today. The bombshell footage, covertly filmed in a London restaurant and obtained by The Mail on Sunday, shows a senior diplomat making the astonishing threat to target Sir Alan Duncan. Extraordinarily, he is egged on by a senior aide to another Conservative Minister, Robert Halfon. The video comes in a film claiming to expose the way that the Israeli government has 'infiltrated' both the Conservative and Labour parties via its embassy in the UK, using secret cash and covert support.
"Further footage shows the Israeli diplomat, intelligence expert Shai Masot, telling senior Labour MP Joan Ryan that he has obtained 'more than 1 million pounds' to pay for sympathetic Labour MPs to visit Israel. Mr Masot also mocks 'crazy' Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his 'weirdo' supporters. Footage also shows pro-Israel Labour activists discussing the Jerusalem government's secret role in backing their activities. The revelations follow Tory infighting over the Party's policy on the Israel-Palestine dispute, and repeated claims of anti-Semitism among Labour's Left-wing 'Corbynistas'. Senior Tory MPs have condemned the apparent threat to 'take down' Sir Alan - who has been critical of Israel and who is described in the secret footage as causing 'problems' - and called for a Downing Street inquiry...
"The disclosures are in a film made by the investigative unit of the Qatari-based Al Jazeera TV company, which claims to show how the Israeli Government has 'infiltrated' the Conservative and Labour parties... An undercover reporter and hidden cameras tracked Masot across Britain as he held secret talks with figures from the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and its Labour counterpart (LFI). His apparent threat to 'take down' Sir Alan was made a month later at the Aubaine restaurant, directly opposite the Israeli Embassy in Kensington, West London, where Masot is based. Also present was Maria Strizzolo, senior aide to Education Minister Robert Halfon, former political director of CFI.
"After Ms Strizzolo boasts about her role in making Halfon a successful minister, Mr Masot asks her conspiratorially: 'That's obvious, but can you do the opposite stuff as well? Can I give you some names of MPs that I would suggest you take down?' When Ms Strizzolo replies that all MPs 'have something they're trying to hide,' Mr Masot says: 'I have some MPs' and tells the undercover reporter: 'She knows which MPs I want to take down... the deputy Foreign Minister [Duncan].' He says Sir Alan - a well-known critic of Israel, and Boris Johnson's second-in-command - is 'doing lots of problems.' He appears to suggest that Sir Alan is more powerful because Johnson 'is an idiot with no responsibilities. If something real happened... it will be Duncan.' Strizzolo says Sir Alan is 'impossible to rebuff' and has powerful 'friends' and claims that in a bitter clash over israel with her boss, Sir alan 'threatened to destroy' Mr Halfon. 'Rob told the Whips and they told him [Halfon] to calm down,' she says. Strizzolo then suggests: 'A little scandal maybe?' adding: 'Don't tell anyone about this meeting.'
"Ambitious Mr Masot's CV has the hallmarks of a spy: he spent eight years in the Israeli Navy's 'Special Unit', has a degree in International Affairs, worked in Israeli Defence intelligence, has the rank of major and recently applied to run Israeli Foreign Affairs intelligence. He says he is 'not a career diplomat' and came to the UK 'to take care of specific political issues - that's what I do.'...
"Both Mr Halfon and Ms Strizzolo are prominent supporters of Conservative Friends of Israel. Shortly after Mr Halfon was made Education Minister by Theresa May last year, Ms Strizzolo, his former Commons chief of staff, became a civil servant at the Education Department and continues to work part-time for him at the Commons. In the film, she boasts of how she and the CFI ensure Tory MPs offer vocal support for Israel, for example by preparing public statements for them. 'If you do everything for them it's harder for them to say, 'I don't have the time... I won't do it,' she said. She says she phoned Mr Halfon from Israel and 'convinced' him to ask a question to David Cameron in support of Israel in Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons in 2014. When Mr Masot asks: 'Did he do it?' Ms Strizzolo replies: 'Yeah, and [obtained] a Government statement.'
"The film also shows how Mr Masot had intensive contact with pro-Israel Labour figures and discussed extra funding for LFI at the Party's conference in Liverpool in September. He tells the group's chairman, Ms Ryan, of plans for 'another delegation of LFI activists' to visit Israel. Ms Ryan responds: 'That'd be good. What happened with the names we put in to the embassy, Shai?' Masot: 'We've got the money, more than 1 million pounds, it's a lot of money.' Ryan: 'It must be.' Masot: 'I have got it from Israel. It is an approval.' Ryan: 'I didn't think you had it in your bag!'
As George Galloway tweeted yesterday: "The PM has clear evidence that a foreign government in league with their agents in parliament are a conspiracy against her government and the UK."
Of course, it couldn't possibly happen here... could it?
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