Monday, April 16, 2012

British Jenny Tonge's Unending War Foreshadows Israeli Lobby Defeat


Jenny Tonge, then a member of the UK’s Liberal Democrat party, was a dangerous British politician as far as Israel was concerned. She not only dared to use strong language while referencing Israeli actions in the occupied territories, she also demanded action from her government.

For this, she was subjected to the same predictable verbal abuse by Israeli officials and media, by the pro-Israeli British lobby, and even by some of her peers. However, calling Tonge ‘anti-Semitic’ was never going to be convincing. The formidable woman has spent years of her life serving her community - as a doctor, MP and spokesperson for Health for Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords - and has amassed far too much credibility to be shaken by defamatory accusations .... Read more at http://www.presstv.ir