by
Les May
HERE’s
a little test. Which of these stories are you prepared to dismiss a
priori as untrue a priori?
In other words they must
be fabrications because they could not possibly be true.
So here we go.
1.
Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election.
2.
Russia sought to influence
the outcome of the 2016 referendum.
3.
Israel sought to discredit the then Deputy Foreign Minister Alan
Duncan because he has expressed support for the Palestinian civil
rights.
There
are plausible reasons for believing the first two. Whilst
Trump has been the focus of media attention in reporting the
Special
Counsel Investigation the Mueller team indicted thirteen Russian
citizens and three Russian entities, including the Internet Research
Agency and twelve members of the Russian GRU cyber espionage group
group known as Fancy
Bear . There are ongoing investigations into Russian
interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum
being undertaken by the Electoral
Commission
and
Parliament’s Culture
Select Committee.
Data released by Twitter in 2018 identified 3,841 accounts of Russian
origin affiliated with the Internet
Research Agency.
So
what about the third story? Unlike the first two where there is no
‘smoking
gun’
we have video evidence that the story is true.
This
is how the Jewish
Chronicle
reported it
and
the comments from Al
Jazeera
the broadcaster responsible for the film
The
ease with which some commentators can turn an attack on an Israeli
policy into an attack on British Jews can be seen in this article in
the Times of Israel.
If
you have the patience to view all four of the Al Jazeera films about
how Israel is seeking to covertly influence UK politics and the way
in which the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians is
discussed you will note that one of the concerns expressed is that
new Labour MPs do not feel it necessary to join the Friends
of Israel
group. What is of interest is that the Labour MPs referred to were
the 2015 intake, in other words long before Jeremy Corbyn was even
a
twinkle in Momentum’s
eye.
The
suspension of Peter Willsman from the Labour party is following an
all too familiar path. Tom Watson claims his remarks were
‘offensive’;
Stella Creasy tweeted: ‘Anyone
who supported Willsman for the NEC after the first outburst needs to
hang their head in shame they indulged this hatred’.
I’ve
searched to find a recording of what Willsman said and cannot find
it. All I have found is commentary. Have either of these two done
any better?
One thing Willsman has been
reported as saying is ‘… it’s almost certain who is behind all
this anti-Semitism against Jeremy, almost certainly it’s the
Israeli embassy.’ Offensive? Hatred? On the basis of what we know
the Israeli embassy has got form on this one.
As
for whether the Labour party has been infiltrated by outside
bodies intent on changing its policies. It’s happened before, just
think Militant and watch the videos. You too Mr Willsman.
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