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Journalist: “Starmer works for Israel”

The Israel lobby

Published 29 December 2024
– By Editorial Staff
Keir Starmer and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
2 minute read
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Independent journalist Alex Barnicoat accuses UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of serving Tel Aviv and Israeli interests rather than his constituents or the British people.

Barnicoat points to how Starmer in 2021 hired former Israeli spy Assaf Kaplan to monitor the social media accounts of Labor Party members. The same Kaplan who was accused of illegally spying on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

“Yes. Keir Starmer hired a Former Israeli Spy to “monitor” the social media accounts of his members of parliament. This was met with intense pushback by members of the Labour Party, but he didn’t care“, the journalist states.

In the same year, the Prime Minister expressed his unwavering support for Israel to members of the lobbying organization Labour Friends of Israel – the British equivalent of AIPAC in the US. The LFI is also reported to have donated large sums of money to Starmer’s party – although the exact amount donated has not been disclosed.

More Israeli spies

The independent journalist further points out how homosexual Jewish convert Damien Egan represents the Labour Party in the British Parliament and is married to Israeli spy recruiter Yossi Felberbaum.

Felberbaum, like Kaplan, is said to have served in the Israeli military intelligence unit Unit 8200, which primarily works on signals intelligence and decryption.

“Although it may be a distant connection, it is a connection that has sparked a lot of controversy with Keir’s relationship with Israel. As this man, Yossi, was (and may still be) incredibly important in the Israeli Intelligence Military Sector”, Barnicoat explains.

Foreign minister bought off by Israel lobbyist

He also notes that Starmer was in talks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog shortly before he and other Labor leaders blocked a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza from being passed.

“First he speaks to the Israeli President, then moments after he weirdly ruins the Gaza Ceasefire Motion in a move that should have never happened. Is it becoming clear now?” asks the journalist.

The choice of a new British Foreign Secretary is also said to have mainly benefited Israel. Starmer appointed David Lammy, who not only visited Netanyahu and Herzog within a week of taking office, but is also accused of being bought by the Israel lobby.

“It’s confirmed that Lammy also received at least £70,000 one month into the Israel Gaza war from Israel lobbyist Gary Lubner. 8 days after that payment, he abstained on the ceasefire vote in parliament. It’s clear the Labour Party does not work with the UK’s best interests at heart“, Barniacoat notes.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/fury-from-israel-lobby-as-trump-halts-bombing-campaign/

World

Fury from Israel lobby as Trump halts bombing campaign

Donald Trump's USA

Published 25 June 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Emily Shrader, an American political activist, has long worked to expand U.S. support for Israel and advocate for regime change in Iran.
3 minute read
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Donald Trump’s harsh criticism of Israel and his call for the country to stop bombing Iranian targets has not been well received by the influential and bellicose Israel lobby.

American-Israeli opinion maker and lobbyist Emily Schrader is one of those calling for the hostilities to continue, going so far as to claim that Trump “is in bed with Qatar”.

Although the stated goal of the Israeli and then US attacks on Iran was initially claimed to be to eliminate the country’s ability to develop nuclear weapons, a long line of Israeli and neoconservative American voices have quickly shifted focus and are now demanding that the Iranian regime be overthrown – with US help.

After Trump criticized Israel in harsh terms and ordered the country’s military to stop bombing Iran, the Israeli lobby’s anger was not long in coming – and several of the figures who recently praised Trump for bombing Iranian nuclear facilities are now trying to discredit the president and portray him as an enemy.

One of those most upset that Trump has taken a stand against Israel’s bombing is Emily Schrader, who has long been involved in two issues: overthrowing and replacing the Iranian regime and increasing US support for Israel.

The lobbyist, who has both US and Israeli citizenship, claims that Trump “is in bed with Qatar” because he has demanded that the bombings stop.

“It must be done”

She also states that Iran’s leadership must be overthrown – and claims that no other alternatives are acceptable.

“The only way to ensure peace in the region is a regime change in Iran. It doesn’t have to be done through war, but it must be done. Trump is painfully naive as to the ideology and motivating factors of the Islamic regime in Iran”, she claims.

In another angry post, she claims that “In the last 24 hours, Donald Trump guaranteed a future war”.

“They’ll discard and mock him”

Critics point out that the Israel lobby is never satisfied – regardless of the concessions and efforts the US makes to appease Tel Aviv – and that they are only interested in supporting Trump if they can exploit him for their own purposes.

“Trump literally bombed Iran – he did that! – for this country’s government. The next day, if he doesn’t obey the next order they make up for him to do, Netanyahuists say he’s part of the Qatar World Conspiracy”, says Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative.

“If this isn’t evidence they’ll discard and mock him once he’s no longer president and they’ve used him, nothing is”, he continues.

The Nordic Times has previously highlighted the remarkable influence of the Israel lobby over American politics – and, among other things, pointed out how AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel lobby group, openly boasted during the last election that almost all the candidates they had financed won their respective elections.

“AIPAC endorsed 362 candidates and won in every primary we had a candidate on the ballot! We helped our friends win and defeated 11 anti-Israel candidates”, they proudly declared.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-state-tv-jewish-lobby-groups-decide-us-presidential-election/

Sweden

Swedish state tv: Jewish lobby groups decide US presidential election

The Israel lobby

Published 26 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Although the influence of Jewish lobby groups on US politics is well documented, in many contexts it remains a very sensitive issue to discuss.
3 minute read
Editorial Staff
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Highlighting the influence of Jewish lobby groups over American or European politics is usually a very sensitive issue – and anyone who does so can expect to be subjected to smear campaigns and accusations of anti-Semitism.

On Wednesday, however, Swedish state television chose, unusually and to the surprise of many, to draw attention to the lobby groups’ enormous power over American politics, and SVT’s foreign correspondent, Stefan Åsberg, stated that these interests are in practice powerful enough to decide who will be the next president of the United States.

– These are well-organized groups with vast resources that sometimes more or less determine the outcome of presidential elections, he said, adding:

– It is also important for members of Congress to forge close ties with these lobby groups, whose task is to influence US politics and ensure that, if possible, leaders who favor relations between Israel and the US are elected.

The US has long been Israel’s most important ally and has a long history of economic and military cooperation, including supplying weapons and military technology worth billions of dollars every year.

However, according to Åsberg, the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu seems to have weakened somewhat, due to the large-scale war crimes in Gaza.

– There is a red line even for the US and Donald Trump. The US is affected by the enormous death toll in Gaza, not least all the children whose lives have been lost in the Gaza Strip. He is definitely losing patience with Israel.

All Republicans have personal Israel lobbyists

Although the Jewish lobby’s influence over the US is often a sensitive topic, it is also well documented. As recently as after the last election, groups such as AIPAC openly boasted about how virtually all of the candidates they financed won their primaries – and how they also “defeated 11 anti-Israel candidates”.

According to estimates, AIPAC spent around $100 million ahead of the last election – partly on smearing and opposing candidates perceived as pro-Palestinian or critical of Israel.

Libertarian Congressman Thomas Massie also caused a stir when he revealed in an interview with Tucker Carlson that all Republicans in Congress have a personal Israel lobbyist from AIPAC with whom they are in close contact and who tells them how to vote on various issues.

When Tucker Carlson said that this sounded “absolutely insane” and wondered why this was not common knowledge, Massie explained that none of the parties involved would benefit from these close ties becoming public knowledge.

– It doesn’t benefit anybody. Why would they want to tell their constituents that they’ve basically got a buddy system with somebody who’s representing a foreign country? It doesn’t benefit the congressman for people to know that. So they’re not going to tell you that.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/israel-ends-boycott-of-sweden-democrats/

Sweden

Israel ends boycott of Sweden Democrats

The Israel lobby

Published 26 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
For years, the Sweden Democrats have been trying to appease Israeli leaders - and now it seems to have paid off.
3 minute read
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

The Sweden Democrats have long profiled themselves as one of the EU’s most pro-Israel parties and have worked hard to be embraced by Israeli politicians and avoid being labeled a “Nazi” or “anti-Semitic” party.

Now, all pro-Israeli efforts have finally borne fruit, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government announcing that it wants to engage with the Swedish party.

The party’s representatives have made several trips to the country to appease the Israeli authorities. Last fall, The Nordic Times also reported how the party’s representative, Member of Parliament Alexander Christiansson, fell to his knees crying before a group of Jewish settlers.

Party leader Jimmie Åkesson has also felt compelled to travel to Jerusalem to get the Israeli government to stop distancing itself from the party, and several high-ranking SD profiles have made a big deal of the fact that the Sweden Democrats are one of the most pro-Israel parties in all of Europe.

Perhaps the greatest effort to get Israel to forgive the Sweden Democrats for the nationalist policies the party has historically pursued has been made by MEP Charlie Weimers.

The former high-profile Christian Democrat has made a series of harshly criticized statements – including a suggestion that Sweden, together with Israel, start conducting extrajudicial assassination campaigns in Iran.

– Gangs will not be deterred until we cooperate with the United States and Israel to liquidate gang leaders who are safely in third countries, he claimed, and many critics tried to explain that Swedish authorities do not usually assassinate people.

Demanded an apology for the Holocaust

In the past, SD’s attempts at relationship building have been completely dismissed and rejected – as recently as November, Israel’s ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Kulman, demanded that the Sweden Democrats apologize for the party’s “historical links to anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial”.

According to Kulman, an official apology from the SD would show “a willingness to acknowledge historical mistakes”.

– Our policy on far-right parties with Nazi roots has not changed, the ambassador explained.

– But (SD) definitely needs to do a lot of soul-searching about its own past. They need to apologize for everything they have done, to the victims of the Holocaust and for the memory of the Holocaust, and they definitely need to think about a future where they do more to fight anti-Semitism. It’s a long process, Kulman added.

“Extremely positive”

Whether the SD listened to the demands and apologized to Israel for its history is unclear. What is clear is that the Israeli government will no longer boycott the party and has decided to start a dialogue with the Swedish SD, the Spanish Vox and the French National Rally.

“The decision was made following a series of ministerial discussions, during which it was determined that these parties do not have antisemitic or anti-Israel elements. However, Israel will still refrain from engaging with parties tainted by antisemitism, such as the Austrian Freedom Party”, writes the Jerusalem Post.

SD’s foreign policy spokesperson, Aron Emilsson, describes the announcement as “extremely positive” and notes that they have “worked for a long time to improve relations”.

Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

https://nordictimes.com/world/jewish-florida-senator-destroy-the-palestinians/

World

Jewish Florida Senator: Destroy the Palestinians

The situation in Gaza

Published 22 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Randy Fine has also called for rivers of Palestinian blood in the past, claiming that “no suffering adequate for these animals”.
3 minute read
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

The news that hostages Shiri Bibas and her two small children are dead has led to calls from US politicians to further escalate the genocide of Palestinians and destroy the entire Gaza Strip in retaliation.

“Destroy it all”, demands Republican state senator Randy Fine.

Kfir Babas was just nine months old when he was kidnapped by Hamas along with his four-year-old older brother, his mother and his father.

His father, Yarden Bibas, was released earlier in February after 16 months of captivity. However, when the other family members were to be handed over in a prisoner exchange, Hamas claimed that the children and their mother had been killed in an Israeli air strike early in the war – and handed over their dead bodies instead.

The children’s identities have been confirmed, but the cause of death has not been established. However, Israel claims that the body purportedly belonging to Shiri Bibas is in fact that of another unidentified person – which Hamas explains by saying that body parts were mixed up after the Israeli bombings.

While it is still unclear how the children and their mother died, those in power far beyond Israel’s borders have been quick to use their deaths to argue that the genocide in Gaza must now be stepped up and that the area must be completely cleansed of Palestinians.

“Palestinians = Hamas”

One of these is Jewish Republican Randy Fine in the Florida Senate, who claims on X that Palestinians are synonymous with Hamas members and calls for even more bombs to be dropped on a Gaza that is already largely in ruins.

“Gaza must be destroyed” and “Palestinians = Hamas”, he proclaims, echoed by thousands of supporters.

Without presenting any evidence, Fine claims that the children were murdered by Palestinian civilians and that the entire Palestinian culture is “the embodiment of evil”.

“Destroy it all”, he continues.

While many of Randy Fine’s supporters appreciate the genocidal rhetoric, others point out that he himself has received money from the Israel lobby AIPAC and seems to act more as a mouthpiece for them – rather than representing the interests of the American people.

“No suffering is enough”

Others argue that it is very strange and inappropriate for an American politician to call for the destruction of an entire Middle Eastern people based on the tragic death of one family – and this before he has even clarified how they were killed and by whom.

Critics also note that at least 17,000 children and young people have been killed during Israel’s bombing and invasion since October 7, 2023 – and that Fine has not only failed to protest the large-scale killing – but has actively encouraged it.

Nor is this the first time that the state senator’s desire to kill as many Palestinians as possible has been highlighted.

“There is no suffering adequate for these animals. May the streets of Gaza overflow with blood”, he wished, for example, shortly after Hamas attacks and also praised the Israeli army when it shot dead an American-Turkish woman in the West Bank.

Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

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