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The conservative friends of israel director stuart polak, here with david cameron, has criticised the channel 4 dispatches programme. Inside britains israel lobby on monday night claimed that conservative friends of israel has funded the tory party to the tune of. The film also claimed that the proisrael lobby group were. Nor is this the only evidence that dispatches claim on this point is entirely wrong.

His foreign secretary and defence secretary are both leading friends of israel. Prager, who last week deemed christians united for israel and other christian zionist groups the jews and israels best friends in the world, also tried to blame liberals, not messianic jews, for challenges to judaism. The cowardice at the heart of our relationship with israel. It exists to promote understanding of and support for the state of israel in the conservative party, and its membership reaches the highest echelons of power. Conservative friends of israel cfi is one of the most active lobby groups in westminster. Young friends of israel l al jazeera investigations duration. Cfi according to the cfi website 80% of tory mps are members of conservative friends of israel. New conservative government in the uk set to ban bds movement.

One blogger blamed the lobby for blocking his efforts to upload the programme to youtube. At least half of the shadow cabinet are members of the conservative friends of israel cfi, according to a dispatches programme being screened on channel 4. For others, dispatches was not an opportunity for any kind of in depth study, but simply a reaffirmation of preexisting paranoia. She has been granted over twenty awards for her literary and journalistic activity. C4 dispatches investigates israel lobbys influence on uk. We are independent of the conservative party but supportive of it. According to a 2009 channel 4 dispatches documentary, 50% of the then conservative shadow cabinet were members of the cfi friends of israel lobby but now, that figure has risen to an estimated 80%. The journalist peter oborne presented a highly informative channel 4 dispatches documentary called inside britains israel lobby in which he discussed amongst other matters the role played by the conservative friends of israel in our electoral process. Israeli conservative movement will ordain gay rabbis. Channel 4 dispatches investigates the proisrael lobby in. Yesterday, on behalf of conservative friends of israel, 17 tory mps wrote to the daily telegraph urging the government to maintain its stance of not dealing with hamas, which they blamed for. The proisrael lobby is the most powerful political lobby. According to the channel 4 documentary dispatches inside britains israel lobby, around 80% of conservative mps.

Given that there is a general election looming in which the labour government is expected to be swept aside by a conservative tory landslide, dispatches opened with an examination of the conservative friends of israel cfi, an organization that claims. However, conservative friends of israel chair richard harrington stressed that the leader had given cfi every possible access and had met cfi officials several times. Most of the conservative party members and its friends of israel lobby group allege that the bds movement is disguised antisemitism. It is often addressed by the conservative leader of the day. We have obtained a full copy of this by peter oborne and james jones. Conservatives, messianic jews, and the jews religion. The conservative friends of israel the jerusalem post. They vote democrat, support gay rights, and dont keep kosherat least not in the traditional way. Britains leading conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by paul goodman. Mike gapes, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, is a former. Hague was speaking at the conservative friends of israel lunch which was held in the ballroom of the dorchester. Friends of israel initiative is a qualified 501c3 nonprofit organization and contributions to friends of israel initiative are fully taxdeductible. Proisrael lobby group bankrolling tories, film claims politics the.

The warmth forged 107 years ago is today sustained by the conservative friends of israel cfi. According to the dispatches documentary, between 2006 and 2009 the cfi funded more than 30 conservative parliamentary candidates to visit israel. Conservative friends of israel cfi is a parliamentary group founded by the late conservative mp for bury and radcliffe, michael fidler and currently chaired by stuart polak. It was founded by the late conservative mp for bury and radcliffe, michael fidler.

Conservative friends of israel, abbreviated to cfi, is a british parliamentary group affiliated to the conservative party, which is dedicated to strengthening business, cultural and political ties between the united kingdom and israel. Conservative mps, peers, senior party officials, and activists visited israel with cfi between the may 2015 general election and december 2017. Every year, in a central london hotel, a very grand lunch is thrown by the conservative friends of israel. Cfi as i revealed in a film on the proisraeli lobby for channel 4s dispatches. By james jones and peter oborne authors note by peter oborne every year, in a central london hotel, a very grand lunch is thrown by the conservative friends of israel. Inside britains israel lobby full 48 minute episode inside britains israel lobby from channel 4s dispatches. Lord arbuthnot of edrom 16 graham brady mp 17 alistair burt mp 18 david cameron 15 james clappison 19 stephen crabb mp cfis parliamentary chairman in the house of commons, 2017 20 steve double. Uks powerful israel lobby on 16 th november 2009, the uks channel 4 tv broadcast a dispatches program that claimed to investigates one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in britain, which is working in support of the interests of the state of israel. An indymedia user posted an article citing conservative friends of israel supporters as your unelected leaders, with this. The latest revelations come only a few months after another channel 4 dispatches report, by peter oborne, showed how large numbers of mps were stooging or cabbing for israel. The conservative friends of israel, described by conservative party politician and historian robert rhodes james as the largest organization in western europe dedicated to the cause of the people of israel.

It claims that 80 per cent of all conservative mps are members, though compared with other british lobbies the group has so far received little press coverage. It was established by the rightwing religious zionist and conservative politician michael fidler, who was described by his biographer as having had extreme political views reminiscent of the philosophy of enoch powell. British tv documentary tackles taboo of israels lobby. For 40 years i have argued that jews for jesus pose little or no danger to jewish survival, prager wrote. And so a new expression was born into the sleazy world of westminster. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Some 80 per cent of all tory mps are members, including most cabinet ministers. This weeks channel 4 programme dispatches, entitled inside britains israel lobby examines how the lobby in this country bankrolls our politicians to bring direct influence on the policies towards israel by both the labour and conservative parties political commentator peter oborne examines the rise of influence of the lobby in the blair years, with blairs appointment of lord. The proisrael move by the boris johnsonled government in the country is being viewed as an attempt to deny labourcontrolled local bodies right to boycott israeli products. These must be worrying times for labour friends of israel lfi. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. Long after waving goodbye to labour, tony blair is still worshipped by its internal israel lobby. The cowardice at the heart of our relationship with israel telegraph.

At the moment israel via the us runs britain, but after camerons conservative friends of israel cabal are elected into power solely by a. Dispatches also covered the israel lobbys alleged influence on the bbc and other british media and further claimed that many media outlets were frightened of broaching the lobby. Now i am not too concerned about the hatchet job that he did on the conservative party and the conservative friends of israel cfi, the troubling thing was the way former tory ministers michael ancram and michael mates spoke with the sort of venom you would generally hear from less well informed antisemites. Nirenstein is a leading columnist for the conservative daily il giornale. Dispatches described the cfi as beyond doubt the most wellconnected and probably the best funded of all westminster lobbying groups19. David cameron was the main speaker at the conservative friends of israel annual lunch on the 18 june 2009. The cfi states its main aim is to strengthen business, cultural and political ties between the uk and israel. In alphabetical order, members of conservative friends of israel include. Conservative friends of israel is an influential affiliate group of the conservative party which contains perhaps the largest number of conservative mps of any group in parliament. Conservative friends of israel wikipedia republished.

Inside britains israel lobby, channel 4, monday 16 november 2009 cfi informed magazine, second edition, conservative friends of israel, february 2007, p. Read the latest news from parliament, cfi, israel and the wider region. It is fascinating because up until this showed, i didnt know labourconservative friends of israel existed and that they send mps on trips to israel for free. British tv documentary tackles taboo of israels lobby the. According to the documentary dispatches, 80% of conservative mps are members of the conservative friends of israel group.

There is no such organisation as the conservative friends of. Indeed, 80 percent of conservative mps and meps are thought to belong to the proisrael lobby, according to a recent channel 4 dispatches programme. Dispatches criticised by leading jews the jewish chronicle. The conservative friends of israel is beyond doubt the best connected, and probably the best funded, of all westminster lobbying groups. Channel 4 dispatches investigates the proisrael lobby in britain. Israels friends still shamelessly swinging palestine. Conservative friends of israel cfi, which was founded in 1974, both reflected and strengthened this trend. Dispatches investigates one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in britain, which is working in support of the interests of the state of israel. Friends in high places peter oborne opinion the guardian. The label notwithstanding, most conservative jews in america are relatively progressive. It was founded in 1974 by conservative mp for bury and radcliffe, michael fidler. That is not to say that the labour party is any less proisrael, in fact pro. The prime minister david cameron, has declared himself a zionist.

Ofcom received 50 complaints about channel 4s program on the uk israel lobby for which opendemocracy published the pamphlet. Many members of the shadow cabinet make it their business to be there along. It also seeks to strengthen ties between the british conservative party and the israeli likud party. The conservative friends of israel election letter may. She is the author of ten books in italian and two in english. According to a 2009 documentary on channel fours dispatches program called inside britains israel lobby, donations to the conservative. Dispatches investigates the proisrael lobby in britain which is working in support of the interests of the state of israel. Among the cfis early patrons was the former prime minister anthony eden, a strong ally of israel in the 1956 suez crisis. Proisrael lobby group bankrolling tories, film claims.