Kier Starmer hires former Israeli spy

There are people who are members of the LP and Palestinian supporters who see this as a direct attack on them.
There is a petition about this
www.change.org/p/labour-party-members-and-supporters-labour-must-win-back-the-trust-of-its-members?signed=true

Grany

Well Said Gagajo* and trisher

As Starmer rid labour of Jews from the party on the left he would certainly employ a Israeli former spy too

People have a right to speak up what he is trying to do.

How and when did Starmer "rid the labour of Jews?

How and when did Starmer "rid the labour of Jews?

I was just wondering that, too...

So much fake news ...

I suppose it gives people a buzz ... or something but it's obviously not going to stop just because the fake news maker in chief has gone I suppose.

"The Electronic Intifada is an online Chicago-based publication covering the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It describes itself as not-for-profit, independent and providing a Palestinian perspective"
Why would this be any more less trustworthy than any other media outlet? Just because it is Arab?

PECS, there will be fluster and flounce until it is reported in the Daily Mail, at which point the thread will surprising lose interest for all the fake news accusers. It's a regular pattern.

PECS

"The Electronic Intifada is an online Chicago-based publication covering the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It describes itself as not-for-profit, independent and providing a Palestinian perspective"
Why would this be any more less trustworthy than any other media outlet? Just because it is Arab?

I don't suppose it is, but I also don't suppose there are many (if any) media outlets without bias. What is a little concerning about this announcement is that it's not being reported by a range of sources. The Elecronic Intifada does have an anti-Israeli bias, which isn't necessarily a bad thing to balance pro-Israeli sources, but I'd prefer to see it reported elsewhere.

GagaJo

PECS, there will be fluster and flounce until it is reported in the Daily Mail, at which point the thread will surprising lose interest for all the fake news accusers. It's a regular pattern.

Does everything have to be black and white? I just want to see balance and, so far, there isn't. There seems to be very little information available about this person.

I cannot find one believable source that repeats this nonsense. When it's followed up by reputable journalists it will be worth discussing.

Five posts would suggest engagement in a discussion. ??

GagaJo I don’t think most of the people responding on this post are likely to be reading the Daily Mail somehow!

There are a number of posters who do. And who have defended it in the past.

I know, but on this post it’s nearly all Labour supporters of various hues, so the Mail is very unlikely to be our paper of choice.

And castigating those who read the mail is one of the reasons we have Johnson in power. It really is a counter productive thing to do.

Surely the Daily Mail would have reported it,

Anniebach

Surely the Daily Mail would have reported it,

I don't actually see why they 'surely' would have reported it because I don't think it would be shocking to their readers.

It's the extremely anti Zionist wing of the Labour Party who would be upset by it. Indeed, who are upset by it even though we don't have a reliable set of sources for it.

I must admit that I'd be rather if it were true, but I'm reserving judgement until we know for sure.

Assaf Kaplan has changed his linked in profile to remove any evidence of work that could class as espionage. Bit late for that really.

Are we suggesting people employed at GCHQ are ‘involved in espionage’?
There was a problem with anti semitism in the LP. Rows about which members of the Jewish community are seen as the ‘right kind of Jews’ continue. It’s nauseating.

People at GCHQ are usually professionals who are adult aand experienced. Unit 8200 hires the brightest school leavers and starts monitoring and giving them training from 16-18. It never hires Palestinians. In 2014 some of the retired recruits wrote about how they had been asked to target Palestinian citizens of Israel and monitor their personal details and sexual preferences in order to exert pressure on them. Can you imagine what would happen if it was revealed that GCHQ was doing similar things to British Asians? You can't compare the two.