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The Lobby
2017 · TV series · documentary · 26 min episodes · 1 season
The I-Unit infiltrates the pro-Israel lobby in the UK and exposes a covert influence campaign operated from the Israeli embassy in London.
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> I imagine an "IDF HN desk"
Indeed, the pro-Israel lobby includes (at least) one sophisticated, expensive, realtime monitoring system for social media posts.
There's some coverage of that and other efforts of NGOs dedicated to advancing Israeli interests in this documentary series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHEvpbppx_4rgC8q0TVMf2QlNE5hXvcZS&feature=shared
on the subject of using accusations of anti-Semitism to stifle political debate inside the labour party, I'd recommend watching "the lobby" episode 3 [1]. Ironically the documentary itself was accused of antisemitism but Ofcom ruled against it. [2]
[1] - https://youtu.be/L3dn-VV3czc
[2] - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/9/ofcom-dismisses-complaints-about-al-jazeeras-the-lobby
a quote on this topic, during the early days of the Afghanistan, was "CNN shows us where the missiles are launched and Al-Jazeera shows us where they land"
a More concrete example is "On February 8, 2018, it was reported that Qatari leaders had reassured the leaders of Jewish American organisations that Al Jazeera would not be airing its companion documentary series on the Israel lobby in the United States. According to Haaretz, the Qatari government had reportedly hired Republican Senator Ted Cruz's former aide Nicolas Muzin to open communications channels with Jewish American organisations. Earlier, the network had sent letters to several American pro-Israel organisations informing them that their employees would appear in the documentary. These letters generated speculation that the Qatari government had reneged on its earlier promise to block Al Jazeera from screening the controversial documentary which, like the earlier British series, had utilized clandestine footage and recordings of pro-Israel activists." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lobby_(TV_series)
I never heard of the Torie angle before, is there any evidence to assume that?
There is quite a bit of evidence that pro Israel Lobby groups, as well as Israeli Embassy Staff are heavily involved.
There is a documentary about the whole issue from Aljazeera, which allegedly got censored due to intervention by the Qatar government.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-parts-of-censored-al-jazeera-documentary-on-pro-israeli-lobby-leaked-1.6432835
Some reporter went undercover for 6 month with a hidden camera infiltrating some of the groups.
https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/thelobby/
As a result, one embassy official had to resign
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/israel-diplomat-forced-resign-aj-investigation-170112155109626.html
I'm not that involved in wikipedia, but I do recall his name. It came up during a discussion on reddit about aljazeera documentary "the lobby"[1]. He was accused of actively censoring any mention of the incident from the "Israel lobby in the United Kingdom"[2] wikipedia page.
[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/thelobby/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_Kingdom
There's a very interesting investigative documentary by Al Jazeera that shows how Israel funds and manages the Israeli lobby in the UK. I'll look for the link and edit this comment.
Edit: Here is a link to part 1 of the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCOhdgRBoc. You can follow the "Up next" link to watch the other parts; there are 4 parts in total.