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The '''Israel lobby''' is a term sometimes used to describe individuals and groups which seek to influence the foreign policy of the United Kingdom in favour of bilateral ties with [[Israel]], [[Zionism]], [[Israel]], or the policies of the Israeli government. Such individuals and groups, [[Lawyers for Israel]] for example, may seek to influence politicians and political parties, the media, the general public or specific groups or sectors.
  
 
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In April 2021, [https://www.amazon.com/Architects-Repression-Israel-Violence-Injustice/dp/0982775776 "Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy"] by [https://canarymission.org/professor/Walter_Hixson Walter L. Hixson] was published.<ref>''[https://www.amazon.com/Architects-Repression-Israel-Violence-Injustice/dp/0982775776 "Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy"]''</ref> The book put to rest any doubt as to whether the Israel lobby has played and continues to play the crucial role in enabling aggression, the suppression of [[Palestinian]] rights, and the failure to achieve a comprehensive [[Middle East]] peace accord.
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[[Richard Falk]], professor emeritus of international law at [[Princeton University]], is the former [[United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967]] and claims:{{QB|“A devastating, learned, brilliantly narrated study of how the extremities of [[US]] pro-Israeli policy came about and were maintained despite decades of severe [[Israeli]] crimes victimising the [[Palestinian]] people as a whole in what had been their native country. Essential reading for anyone willing to expose themselves to inconvenient truths that definitively depict one of the darkest chapters in America’s foreign policy.”<ref>''[https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/architects-of-repression-how-israel-and-its-lobby-put-racism-violence-and-injustice-at-the-center-of-us-middle-east-policy-by-walter-l-hixson "Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy by Walter L. Hixson"]''</ref>}}
  
 
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[https://www.facebook.com/james.chubb.927 James Chubb] commented:
 
[https://www.facebook.com/james.chubb.927 James Chubb] commented:
:"Exposed: Israeli [[Ministry of Strategic Affairs]] coordinates [[Labour Friends of Israel]] and their campaign of false accusations of [[antisemitism]] to counter [[BDS]]. Viva BDS!"<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/thepeoplesbritain/videos/445141142613347/?comment_id=445208385939956&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R7%22%7D "Viva BDS"]''</ref>
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:"Exposed: Israeli [[Ministry of Strategic Affairs]] coordinates [[Labour Friends of Israel]] and their campaign of false accusations of [[antisemitism]] to counter [[BDS]]. Viva [[BDS]]!"<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/thepeoplesbritain/videos/445141142613347/?comment_id=445208385939956&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R7%22%7D "Viva [[BDS]]"]''</ref>
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On 4 July 2023, [[Asa Winstanley]] tweeted:{{QB|
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:The reason Labour abstained on the anti-[[BDS]] Bill is simple: that’s what they were instructed to do by the [[Israel lobby]]: this Labour document I obtained last year proves it. See my full report: [https://electronicintifada.net/content/secret-document-reveals-israel-lobbys-dominance-labour/36591 "Secret document reveals Israel lobby’s dominance of Labour".]<ref>''[https://twitter.com/AsaWinstanley/status/1676151368782848001 "Labour abstained on the anti-BDS Bill on instructions from the Israel lobby"]''</ref>}}
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[[image:BBC_Purnell.jpg|240px|thumbnail|[[James Purnell]] former chair of [[LFI]] ]]
  
[[image:BBC_Purnell.jpg|240px|thumbnail|[[James Purnell]] former chair of [[LFI]]]]
 
 
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The Israel lobby is a term sometimes used to describe individuals and groups which seek to influence the foreign policy of the United Kingdom in favour of bilateral ties with Israel, Zionism, Israel, or the policies of the Israeli government. Such individuals and groups, Lawyers for Israel for example, may seek to influence politicians and political parties, the media, the general public or specific groups or sectors.

US

In April 2021, "Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy" by Walter L. Hixson was published.[1] The book put to rest any doubt as to whether the Israel lobby has played and continues to play the crucial role in enabling aggression, the suppression of Palestinian rights, and the failure to achieve a comprehensive Middle East peace accord.

Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, is the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and claims:

“A devastating, learned, brilliantly narrated study of how the extremities of US pro-Israeli policy came about and were maintained despite decades of severe Israeli crimes victimising the Palestinian people as a whole in what had been their native country. Essential reading for anyone willing to expose themselves to inconvenient truths that definitively depict one of the darkest chapters in America’s foreign policy.”[2]

UK

On 13 May 2018, The People's Britain published on its Facebook page an investigation by Al Jazeera into the Israel Lobby:

"Al Jazeera goes undercover inside the Israel Lobby in Britain. We expose a campaign to infiltrate and influence youth groups, including the National Union of Students, whose president faces a smear campaign coordinated by her own deputy and supported by the Israeli Embassy."[3]

James Chubb commented:

"Exposed: Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs coordinates Labour Friends of Israel and their campaign of false accusations of antisemitism to counter BDS. Viva BDS!"[4]

On 4 July 2023, Asa Winstanley tweeted:

The reason Labour abstained on the anti-BDS Bill is simple: that’s what they were instructed to do by the Israel lobby: this Labour document I obtained last year proves it. See my full report: "Secret document reveals Israel lobby’s dominance of Labour".[5]
James Purnell former chair of LFI


 

Examples

Page nameDescription
Mega GroupA super-secret, by-invitation-only group of powerful American and Canadian "mega-billionaires," who meet behind closed doors twice a year, to set the overall policy for the "official" Israel Lobby in North America
World Jewish Congress

 

A Israel/Lobby victim on Wikispooks

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Alison ChablozProfessional musician harassed and prosecuted in the UK for publishing satirical songs about 'The Holocaust'

 

Related Quotation

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Thomas Massie“"Everybody but me has an AIPAC person. It's like your babysitter, your AIPAC babysitter, who's always talking to you for AIPAC." He added that these "babysitters" tend to be from the representative's district, but they're firmly part of AIPAC.”Thomas MassieJune 2024

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:A Close Look at the Pro-Israeli Lobbies inside Britainarticle4 October 2010Ershad AbubackerIsraeli influence in the politics of the UK
Document:A New Left Wing Party in the UK?blog post18 September 2024Craig MurrayInitially any new party needs to be led by Jeremy to establish itself. George should be Deputy Leader. Neither man would wish to serve for an extended period. I would like to see Andrew Feinstein eventually lead, not least because he most definitely would not want to do it.
Document:Being Marco RubioArticle12 February 2019Philip GiraldiThe boyish senator from Florida is owned by the Israel lobby
Document:Corbyn and the Jewsarticle15 December 2016Gilad AtzmonCommentary on the February 2016 meeting between Jeremy Corbyn and the leadership of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
Document:David Cameron's Jewish rootsarticle7 January 2014Martin IqbalDavid Cameron's 'aristocratic' Jewish ancestry, and the gross over-representation of Jewish influence and finance in British politics. Brings clarity to the question of why the UK Establishment is so excruciatingly biased and subservient to the interests of the Zionist State of Israel.
Document:Guilt by AssociationBook2008Jeff GatesA copiously referenced account of the extent to which Zionist Israeli interests have taken effective control of the US state, their methodology and their responsibility for taking America to war in Iraq in 2003
Document:Israel's International ConspiracyArticle9 February 2016Philip GiraldiWherever one goes – Western Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Statesthere is a well-organised and funded lobby ready, willing and able to go to war to protect Israel.
Document:Labour expulsion hearing set for anti-Zionist Jackie WalkerArticle5 February 2019Asa WinstanleyWitchHunt documentary: “We are determined to get it out whatever the threats,” Jackie Walker vows
Document:Netanyahu Plays Chickenblog post21 September 2024Craig MurrayNetanyahu’s strategy of assassinations and deadly stunts appears to be an attempt to goad Hezbollah out of their own territory into a suicidal advance into Israel. But Nasrullah is not falling for it. It is worth stressing that, contrary to the propaganda, in the last year Israel has hit Lebanon with five missiles for every one sent by Hezbollah.
Document:The Incredible Disappearance of Shai Masotblog post2 June 2019Craig MurrayThe open attempt to stifle all criticism of Israel, and in effect to make adherence to zionism a pre-condition for membership of the Labour Party – or indeed acceptance in wider society – is a vicious form of authoritarianism that should have been repudiated robustly from day one.
Document:The Israel lobbyessay23 March 2006John Mearsheimer
Stephen Walt
A forensic examination of the power of the 'Israel Lobby' in the affairs of the USA, focusing most notably on its influence on US foreign policy and comprising an alliance of Jews, Christian Zionists and Neo-Cons
Document:The Labour Party turns on the Israel Lobbyarticle19 August 2015Francis Carr BegbieA useful analysis of the paranoia of the Jewish-dominated British Establishment and its media at the prospect of the Labour Party being led by someone who is not 'de-rigeur' subservient to the Israel Lobby
Document:We Are The Bad Guysblog post12 August 2024Craig MurrayIn the United Kingdom it falls to the Celtic nations to try to break up the state which is a subordinate but important imperialist engine. The paths of resistance are various, depending where you are. But find one and take one.
Document:Why We Should Be Concerned About Christian Zionismletter25 August 2015Mary AlshomalyA letter from a Palestinian Christian to the news director and lead anchor of EWTN News
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