Israel lobbyist funded Labour’s new leader

23 April 2020 — The Electronic Intifada

Asa Winstanley

Trevor Chinn (left) at an event he co-hosted in 2018 with Israeli ambassador Mark Regev (second left). Chinn for years funded anti-Corbyn efforts. (UJIA)

A multi-millionaire pro-Israel lobbyist donated $62,000 to help Keir Starmer win the UK Labour Party’s leadership election, it was revealed last week.

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Joan Ryan, MP who fabricated anti-Semitism, quits Labour By Asa Winstanley

20 February 2019 — The Electronic Intifada

Leading anti-Palestinian MP Joan Ryan has left Labour. (via Facebook)

Lawmaker Joan Ryan quit Labour on Tuesday, citing party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed “demonization and delegitimization” of Israel.

Ryan is the leading member of Parliament in Labour Friends of Israel – an Israeli embassy front group.

She notoriously fabricated a charge of anti-Semitism against Labour member Jean Fitzpatrick at the UK opposition party’s 2016 annual conference.

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