tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post7304858152160420570..comments2023-09-20T07:12:07.398-07:00Comments on Veater Ecosan: "The World About Us": Veaterecosanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post-82102787765512931842015-04-20T16:42:07.039-07:002015-04-20T16:42:07.039-07:00http://www.globalresearch.ca/britains-cameron-gove...http://www.globalresearch.ca/britains-cameron-government-under-the-helm-of-the-conservative-friends-of-israel-cfi/5443854<br /><br />Britain’s Cameron Government Under the Helm of the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI)<br /><br />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. CFI is an unincorporated association.<br /><br />According to the Channel 4 documentary Dispatches – Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, around 80% of Conservative MPs are members of the CFI. In 1995 Conservative politician Robert Rhodes James called it “the largest organisation in Western Europe dedicated to the cause of the people of Israel”.<br /><br />In 2007 the Political Director stated it had over 2000 members and registered supporters. In 2009, at least half of the shadow cabinet were members of the group according to a Dispatches documentary. Its membership includes:<br /><br />David Cameron, Iain Duncan-Smith, Liam Fox, William Hague and Malcolm Rifkind.<br /><br />David Cameron, then newly elected leader of the Conservative Party, addressed the CFI annual business lunch on 30 January 2006, whose audience included half of the Conservative Parliamentary Party. As part of his speech, he stated “I am proud not just to be a Conservative, but a Conservative friend of Israel ..”<br /><br />The Dispatches documentary claimed members of the group and their companies have donated over £10 million to the Conservative party between 2001 and 2009. Dispatches described the CFI as “beyond doubt the most well-connected and probably the best funded of all Westminster lobbying groups”. <br /><br />‘In 2010 the Conservative Foreign Secretary, William Hague, changed the law of ‘universal jurisdiction’ under pressure from the Israeli government to allow the war crimes arrest law to be amended specifically to facilitate the free entry to Britain of Israeli politicians and military personnel.’ Veaterecosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863336524369281662.post-56666456010358427462015-04-20T16:34:34.739-07:002015-04-20T16:34:34.739-07:00http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/l...http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/leaked-emails-reveal-hollywood-execs-at-work-for-israel/#.VTWLjyFVhHx<br /><br />Leaked emails reveal Hollywood execs at work for Israel<br /><br />Alastair Sloan, Middle East Monitor – Top Hollywood bosses enjoy a strong relationship with the Israeli government and various pro-Israel lobbying groups across the United States, according to a cache of Sony internal emails leaked to Wikileaks and published for the first time last week.<br />The emails reveal a dinner between Sony executives and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; the presenter of American X-Factor chiding actress Natalie Portman aggressively for her views on Israel; meetings between top entertainment chiefs and the Israeli consulate-general; close ties between Sony’s Co-Chairperson and various pro-Israel lobbying groups; and film chiefs planning, in detail, a new documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe, about which the emails also reflect rising concern.<br />Amy Pascal, Co-Chairperson of Sony Pictures Entertainment from 2006 until 2015, was signed up to regular email updates on the security situation in Israel, from a right-wing pressure group called The Israel Project. The group was described by Jewish Daily Forward in 2010 as a Zionist group which, “Stokes Fear of Islam for Political Profit.” The Israel Project has been admonished by the more liberal pro-Israel lobby group J-Street for taking a pro-settler stance. The daily emails sent to Pascal by The Israel Project had subject lines like “Protect Israel from a Nuclear Iran”, “Fighting Anti-Israel Hate” and “Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire then Breaks It, Again”. Most of the emails, which were being sent as often as once a day, contained requests for financial donations.<br /><br />For more see the original article.<br />Alastair Sloan is a London-based journalist focused on human rights and injustice.Veaterecosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641952897751927118noreply@blogger.com