How Israel Attempts to Influence BBC, Broadcast Media and British Government
CAMERA
is a pro-Israel media lobby with chapters in most major US cities and
Israel including New York City, Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami,
and Boston.
is a pro-Israel media lobby with chapters in most major US cities and
Israel including New York City, Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami,
and Boston.
More
worrying for the UK is that this lobby also has an affiliate lobby in
London that monitors media coverage of Israel with the intent to promote
the dissemination of Israeli government policies, i.e. the propaganda
of the ruling, right-wing Likud party under Binyamin Netanyahu in all
British print and broadcast media.
worrying for the UK is that this lobby also has an affiliate lobby in
London that monitors media coverage of Israel with the intent to promote
the dissemination of Israeli government policies, i.e. the propaganda
of the ruling, right-wing Likud party under Binyamin Netanyahu in all
British print and broadcast media.
Explicit
in its activities is its criticism of respected BBC journalists and
reporters such as Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, (a war correspondent
since 1989 who has reported from over 70 different countries); Orla
Guerin MBE ( former London Press Club Broadcaster of the Year) and Lyse
Doucet OBE, BBC’s Chief International Correspondent.
in its activities is its criticism of respected BBC journalists and
reporters such as Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, (a war correspondent
since 1989 who has reported from over 70 different countries); Orla
Guerin MBE ( former London Press Club Broadcaster of the Year) and Lyse
Doucet OBE, BBC’s Chief International Correspondent.
The CAMERA media lobby is closely associated with AIPAC,
the US Israel lobby that influences American foreign policy through its
financial support of Members of Congress who are willing to subscribe
to its agenda. The AIPAC lobby is one of the most powerful
(unelected) political pressure groups in the US which endeavours to
impose its agenda upon the elected President and the White House through
its political hold on Congress.
the US Israel lobby that influences American foreign policy through its
financial support of Members of Congress who are willing to subscribe
to its agenda. The AIPAC lobby is one of the most powerful
(unelected) political pressure groups in the US which endeavours to
impose its agenda upon the elected President and the White House through
its political hold on Congress.
In
London, the Lobby’s agenda is to monitor all reporting of Israel with
the intent to refute, dismiss or denigrate any report that in its
partisan, political opinion does not correctly reflect the views of the
current Israeli government. It attempts to promote this agenda by
lobbying the elected
London, the Lobby’s agenda is to monitor all reporting of Israel with
the intent to refute, dismiss or denigrate any report that in its
partisan, political opinion does not correctly reflect the views of the
current Israeli government. It attempts to promote this agenda by
lobbying the elected
Members of the House of Commons in an emulation of the lobbying of the US Congress by its counterpart in America.
