Redress Information & Analysis names and shames members of Israel’s network of stooges in the British Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties; it calls on its readers to challenge these stooges and to help it expose apologists for Israeli murder by supplying it with verified information about other Friends of Israel.
In the 23 days of the Israeli war on Gaza that began on 27 December 2008, 1300 Palestinians have been killed by the Zionist war machine, including 417 children and 108 women, and a further 5320 have been injured. In the same period, 13 Israelis were killed. That is a ratio of 100:1, excluding the injured.
In the meantime, Israel’s network of stooges in the British Parliament have been fighting a rear-guard action to justify the slaughter of Palestinians. You will find them justifying Israeli crimes at every opportunity and prevaricating to avoid action against Israel, such as sanctions in the wake of Israel’s targeting of United Nations compounds in Gaza, for example. They are apologists for murder.
Israel’s stooges in Britain are spread far and wide and can be found at every tier of the British establishment. They include Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative Party leader David Cameron and many other serving and former holders of political office.
At the core of Israel’s network of stooges are the “Friends of Israel” groups in the three main political parties:
Labour Friends of Israel
Conservative Friends of Israel and
Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel.
Below is a list of officials of the “Friends of Israel” groups in the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties. It is by no means exhaustive. Conservative Friends of Israel, for example, say that about 80 per cent of the party’s MPs and MEPs belong to the group.
Labour Friends of Israel
Chair Andrew Gwynne MP
Vice Chairs Andrew Dismore MP Louise Ellman MP Gary Titley MEP
Policy Council Stephen Byers MP (Chair) David Blunkett MP Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Adam Ingram MP Denis MacShane MP Alun Michael MP Don Touhig MP
Convenor Anne Snelgrove MP
Parliamentary Executive Fabian Hamilton MP Sharon Hodgson MP Joan Humble MP Eric Joyce MP Ashok Kumar MP Stephen Ladyman MP Andrew Miller MP Dan Norris MP Nick Palmer MP Terry Rooney MP Dari Taylor MP
Chair (House of Lords) Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
Peers Lord Archer of Sandwell Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Davies of Coity Lord Glenamara Lord Haskel Lord Janner of Braunstone Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Lord Mitchell Lord Turnberg Professor Lord Winston Lord Wedderburn of Charlton QC
Conservative Friends of Israel
Director Stuart Polak
Political Director Robert Halfon
Projects Director Stephanie Leven,
Research Manager Nathalie Tamam,
Secretary Julie Tamir,
Membership Secretary Charlotte Polak,
Parliamentary Group Chairman James Arbuthnot MP
Vice Chairmen Sir John Butterfill James Clappison MP
Secretary David Amess MP
Officers Alistair Burt MP Lee Scott MP Theresa Villiers MP
Chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel Europe Timothy Kirkhope MEP
Honorary Officers President Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Vice Chairmen Jeremy Galbraith Betty Geller Lord Taylor of Holbeach Stanley Cohen Michael Heller
Vice Presidents Sir Timothy Sainsbury Lord Lane of Horsell Sir Michael Latham Lord Sanderson of Bowden Lord Steinberg Lord Thomas of Gwydir
Executive Board Richard Harrington (Chairman) Lance Anisfeld Lorraine da Costa Jonathan Gough Andrew Heller (Hon. Treasurer) Steven Kaye Edward Lee Howard Leigh Stephen Massey David Meller Jonathan Metliss Gary Mond Stephan Shakespeare Barry Welck Hilda Worth
Contact the above-mentioned Friends of Israel and ask them to justify their support for Israel’s murder of Palestinian civilians, its occupation of Palestinian territory, its blockade of Gaza in order to bring down the democratically elected representative of the Palestinians, Hamas, and its continuous colonization of occupied territories with American, European, Russian and other Jewish settlers. You can find out the contact details of MPs by clicking here or here
Be prepared with facts, figures and arguments – read our website to remind yourself; be succinct and try not to be emotional, aggressive or rude.
Name and shame the above-mentioned Friends of Israel, and other Friends of Israel not listed here, by exposing them to your local media, your friends, colleagues and other contacts – and urge them to expose these apologists for murder to their friends, colleagues and other contacts, and to ask why these agents of a foreign power hold positions of political influence in Britain.
Help us to name and shame other Friends of Israel not listed here by letting us know who they and how you found out that they are Friends of Israel.
How long will people allow Israel and its elaborate network of stooges in the “Friends of Israel” lobby groups to morally blackmail them into silence over Israel’s crimes by abusing the memory of the Holocaust?
As the Irish philosopher and political scientist Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
