Israeli spy still working for Keir Starmer's Labour Party: Report
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The Labour Party is threatening to sue the Electronic Intifada for releasing the report about Assaf Kaplan, an ex-intelligence analyst in Unit 8200.
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Israeli spy Assaf Kaplan (Social media)
As millions of Britons prepare to vote on Thursday to select a new UK government, an exclusive report on Tuesday by the Electronic Intifada website claims that an Israeli spy is still employed by the Labour Party.
Assaf Kaplan, a former Israeli spy, is currently employed by Labour, led by Keir Starmer.
Despite controversies concerning his experience in "Israel's" lethal cyberwarfare division Unit 8200, which is notorious for its massive monitoring activities against Palestinians, Kaplan was first made public by the news outlet in 2021.
Kaplan had served as an intelligence analyst in Unit 8200 for more than four and a half years, according to the study, even though the cap for the Israeli military conscription is three years.
Exclusive: We've discovered that former Israeli spy Assaf Kaplan is still working for the Labour Party as it fights to become the party of government in the UK:https://t.co/8RqM4IZ0YZ
— Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) July 2, 2024
❗️Labour threatens @intifada with legal action, but doesn't deny any specifics
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Unit 8200 is a highly skilled military unit in "Israel", renowned for its stringent admissions procedures. The infamous team serves as the Israeli army's "main information gathering unit."
Concern and criticism have been raised regarding Kaplan's position, especially in organizations that promote electoral reform like Get PR Done, to which he sought entry and was promptly kicked out after his connections were made public.
In addition, the former Unit 8200 officer has connections to the Israeli embassy in London and has infiltrated a number of political arenas.
When the Electronic Intifada asked for comment on Kaplan, the Labour Party threatened to sue the website but did not dispute any particular claims.
Labour maintained its defensive stance and yet acknowledged Kaplan's continued employment and highlighted his contribution to the party's ongoing electoral quest for power.
Starmer is not new to being close to the occupation.
Back in March, Starmer denied requests from a human rights organization in 2011 to issue an arrest warrant for former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni while she visited London for suspected war crimes, Declassified UK reported.
Livni served as the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister from 2006 to 2009, in addition to being a member of the occupation's war cabinet during "Operation Cast Lead", i.e. the Battle of al-Furqan (2008–2009) when "Israel" killed over 1,400 Palestinians, including 333 children.
These atrocities included "the direct targeting and arbitrary killing of Palestinian civilians," and there was also a "deliberate and systematic policy… to target industrial sites and water installations."
Then in June, when asked by independent journalist Matt Kennard if he was surprised by the level of support that Starmer and other senior Labour figures had shown for "Israel" during its aggression on Gaza, former UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn responded that he was not shocked, explaining that the reason was “because I know where many of these people are coming from.”
“During one extremely hostile meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party Committee, they confronted me and said: ‘Will you give a blanket undertaking that you as party leader and potentially prime minister will automatically support any military action Israel undertakes?’ And I said no,” he stressed.
