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The reporter must have set him up in order for him to say that.
I am a political posting which means I came for just one position to assist in political issues that are specific
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: Cobaltic1978
He was suggesting the journalist find some dirt on the M.P in question and expose it in the public domain.
Seems to me she was suggesting that she could take politicians down, and if she could, who would he like to see taken down. That is a significant difference. Also, I find it disturbing that you are already playing the Anti-Semitism card. It suggests that you are basing your willingness to interpret the situation in a very negative way on the fact it is an Israeli diplomat. Would you feel the same way if it was a Russian diplomat?
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Indrasweb
Welcome to ATS Indrasweb and thank you for your contribution.
Damn right I would, even if it was a U.S diplomat.
I was suggesting is that any warranted criticism of Israel is usually met with a swathe of antisemetic claims by Israel, are you denying this?
Anyway, the U.K Government are doing their best to sweep this under the carpet and no further action will be taken. Which leads me to wonder if it would be the same case if the diplomat had been Russian?
ALL countries do things like this. Especially the US and the UK. Not surprising nor is it upsetting.
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: FauxMulder
ALL countries do things like this. Especially the US and the UK. Not surprising nor is it upsetting.
As is usual for some apologists Israel can do no wrong , it's normal so we should just accept it , well I don't accept it and neither should our government.
The US and UK cracked the IDF’s special encryption system for communication between fighter jets, drones and army bases, Israel’s military censor approved for publication Friday, after the long-term spying operation was reported in two overseas publications. The two countries have reportedly used this access to monitor IDF operations in Gaza, watch for a potential Israeli strike on Iran, and keep tabs on the drone technology that Israel exports.
originally posted by: gortex
The video has been released by Al Jazeera as part of a series of documentaries that will be broadcast from this January , the Diplomat , Shai Masot , is caught on camera in a London restaurant discussing with an undercover reporter some British MPs he would like to "take down" , he names Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan who was causing “a lot of problems” for Israel as he's opposed to Israeli settlements.
It also makes me wonder where all the claims of anti-Semitism against Jeremy Corbyn have been coming from given his opposition to the policies of Israel.
originally posted by: kloejen
a reply to: gortex
Seems your video made a headline on RT too
Israeli Embassy employee discussed ‘taking down’ MPs & state foreign minister with Tory staffer
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
Anyway, the U.K Government are doing their best to sweep this under the carpet and no further action will be taken. Which leads me to wonder if it would be the same case if the diplomat had been Russian?
"The comments were made by a junior embassy employee who is not an Israeli diplomat, and who will be ending his term of employment with the embassy shortly," it said.
One cannot really blame Israel for doing this. Most states promote their interests as best they can. But one can and should expose and shame the British politicians who are collaborating with Israel in further harming Britain’s representative democracy.
It is not as though these people cannot be easily identified. They even advertise what they are up to. They are members of the Conservative and Labour Friends of Israel. They dominate both parliamentary parties, but especially the Conservatives. According to the CFI’s figures, fully 80 per cent of Tory MPs belong to the party’s Friends of Israel group.
Once, no one would have hesitated to call British politicians acting in the interests of a foreign power, and very possibly taking financial benefits for doing so, “traitors”. And yet, as Al Jazeera’s secretly filmed footage shows, Israeli spies like Shai Masot can readily meet and conspire with a Tory minister’s much-trusted aide to discuss how best to “take down” the deputy foreign minister, Alan Duncan, over his criticisms of Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied territories.
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The British government skews its foreign policy to avoid upsetting Jewish donors, s/he says. MPs, meanwhile, act like agents of a foreign power – s/he generously assumes unwittingly – rather than representatives of the British people. Forget international law, these politicians are not even promoting British interests.