A Chinese Spy?
5-year-old story…
A little diversion here, a sprinkle of distraction there...
How come MI5 didn't feel the need to warn about Israel doing the same thing?
Patel was making secret deals with the Israeli government - meetings that were secretly arranged by a prominent Israel lobbyist.
Patel whose role is to serve the government in a nonpartisan fashion.
The meetings were “arranged by” Israel lobbyist Stuart Polak, a member of Britain’s unelected upper chamber, the House of Lords.
Patel was accused of trying to win favour with wealthy pro-Israeli Conservative donors who could fund a potential future leadership campaign.
This is about donors and influence.
It was exposed after Israeli politician Yair Lapid tweeted a photo of the two meetings.
In addition to sitting down with Netanyahu, Patel met with the Israeli leader’s close ally Gilad Erdan – Israel’s ‘strategic affairs’ minister who had been put in charge of combating BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for Palestinian rights.
After returning from Israel, Patel “suggested some of Britain’s aid budget go to the Israeli army” for “humanitarian operations” in the Golan Heights – part of southern Syria which Israel occupied in 1967 and annexed in 1981 in violation of international law.
This was “not appropriate,” since the UK government does not recognize Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights.
The meeting was to discuss “steps to counter anti-Israel delegitimization and BDS” and the Patel meeting aimed at advancing “UK-Israel development cooperation, and counter attempts to delegitimize Israel in international institutions.
Delegitimization” is the Israeli government’s propaganda term used to discredit the Palestine solidarity movement, especially BDS.
Patel got fired for this… yet she is now in government!
It seems the Conservative government has deeper questions to answer about the influence of the Israel lobby.
Will Boris Johnson sit on the report as long as he did the Russia Report?
If only there'd been a Russia investigation to determine the extent of interference in the most strategically damaging policy coup. £1.72m cash to the Tory party15 Cabinet Ministers receiving donations from Russians.
It shows that lobby groups, not Downing Street, run our country.