‘Friends of Israel’ trip not declared by Labour politicians: Cat Eccles, Kevin McKenna and Peter Prinsley joined a delegation to Israel in May, where they met the country’s president Isaac Herzog.
‘Friends of Israel’ trip not declared by Labour politicians: Cat Eccles, Kevin McKenna and Peter Prinsley joined a delegation to Israel in May, where they met the country’s president Isaac Herzog.
‘Friends of Israel’ trip not declared by Labour politicians
Three MPs have failed to declare an all-expenses-paid trip funded by Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), Declassified can reveal.
The group is funded by anonymous donors and was described as a “lobbying organisation” by one of its former directors.
Records show that it took five Labour MPs on a five-day trip in May to “show solidarity”, costing up to £2,600 per person. They were joined by Labour peer Luciana Berger.
During the visit, the MPs posed for photos with the Israeli president Isaac Herzog, whose genocidal comments have been cited in an International Court of Justice report. Speaking after the October 7 attack, Herzog said that an “entire nation” was responsible.
The delegation of Labour MPs also met Israeli deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel, leader of the opposition Yair Lapid and IDF reserve major general Yair Golan.
Golan has previously said that starvation in Gaza is “completely legitimate”, but has since condemned the IDF for killing babies “as a hobby”.