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Harper: A Reminder Of The Obscene Power Of The Israel Lobby
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The UK is in as deeply as the US. After all, it was the Balfour Declaration in November 1917 that started the whole thing.
Israel Lobby is Slowly Being Dragged Into the Light
Jonathan Cook
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The UK is in as deeply as the US. After all, it was the Balfour Declaration in November 1917 that started the whole thing.
The scandal surrounding Priti Patel, who was forced to resign as Britain’s international aid minister last week after secret meetings with Israeli officials during a “family holiday”, offers a small, opaque window on the UK’s powerful Israel lobby.
Patel’s off-the-books meetings with 12 Israelis, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were organised by a British lobbyist in violation of government rules requiring careful documentation of official meetings. That is to prevent conflicts of interest and illicit lobbying by foreign powers.
Government protocol was flouted again when Patel headed to the Golan Heights, occupied Syrian territory, escorted by the Israeli army. There she was shown an Israeli military field hospital that patches up Syrians, including Al Qaeda-affiliated fighters, wounded in Syria’s civil war.
Afterwards, Patel pressed for the Israeli army, one of the most powerful in the world, to receive a chunk of Britain’s overseas aid. Meanwhile, she has sought to cut aid to the Palestinians, including to vital projects in Gaza. A clue as to how she reached such absurd “humanitarian” priorities is provided in the figure of Stuart Polak, mentor on her Israel “holiday”....Defend Democracy
Israel Lobby is Slowly Being Dragged Into the Light
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