Talk:Conservative Friends of Israel
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[edit] Source request
Are there any sources for the recently added claim that Conservative Friends of Israel are working for "maintaining the role of the Jewish community"? -- Heptor talk 17:49, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Relevant information
Can you please clarify which bit is bizare and for what reason:
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
William Hague criticised Israeli actions in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict saying ""I think we can say that elements of the Israeli response are disproportionate, including attacks on Lebanese army units, the loss of civilian life and essential infrastructure and such enormous damage to the capacity of the Lebanese government."[1]
Lord Stanley Kalms, former Conservative party treasurer and member of CFI, writing in The Spectator accused Mr Hague of behaving like an "ignorant armchair critic". [2] Iain Duncan Smith, has criticised the policy while Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, pointedly said that there could be no "moral equivalence" between democratic Israel and Hizbollah firing missiles across its borders.[3] CFI also expressed it's dissatisfaction with Hague. Robert Halfon, Political Director of Conservative Friends of Israel and Conservative Party's parliamentary candidate for Harlow said "We do not dis-agree with anything said by Lord Kalms".[4]
- David Garrard
David Garrard (property developer) who was regarded as a devotee of the Conservative Party cause [5] and was praised in 2001 by Iain Duncan Smith[6] at the CFI Conference. He attended a fundraising breakfast shortly after Michael Howard became leader in November 2003 and paid £70,000 for a call centre at Conservative Central Office. The party showed its gratitude by putting up a plaque in his honour at Central Office. In the same year he made a £200,000 donation to Labour and subsequently became embroiled Cash for Peerages saga.
- Jonathan Metliss
Jonathan Metliss who sits on the Executive board of Conservative Friends of Israel, has become a regular guest of Cherie Blair, who invited him to watch Trooping of the Colour from No10. In July 2006, he bacame embroiled at centre of NHS sleaze row with Mrs Blair. Mr Hayman, Metliss's boss at Nexus Healthcare credited him with arranging exclusive access to a Health Adviser - intimation that he persuaded Mrs Blair to use her influence suggested the Mail on Sunday. [7]
Chris Grayling, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, said "They should not be getting the Civil Service to arrange meetings for businessmen with members of the Government. This should not happen and the fact that the documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show it did happen is very worrying."
Linesman 11:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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- None of these statements or actions were made on behalf of CFI, as representatives of CFI, etc. In fact, none of these have anything whatsoever to do with CFI. They're mostly just smear stuff, innuendo, etc. Just because you're a member of CFI and do something, it doesn't mean it's relevant for the article on CFI. These people are members of lots of different groups and organizations. Jayjg (talk) 16:15, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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- People would be interested to know more about individuals connected with the group. I.e Jonathan Matellis who's exec on board of CFI Linesman 21:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Only a certain kind of smearing, innuendo-type information, apparently. If you feel these people need biographies on Wikipedia, and believe they would survive WP:AFD, feel free to create them. Of course, then you'd have to abide by WP:BLP as well, which would frown on this kind of stuff. Jayjg (talk) 21:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] References
- ^ Hague's criticism of Israel enrages leading Tory donor, The Guardian, August 03, 2006
- ^ Kalms criticises Hague on Israel, BBC News, August 02, 2006
- ^ Tories divided on Middle East policy, The Telegraph, August 03, 2006
- ^ Cameron faces revolt over Israel, The Times, August 03, 2006
- ^ Labour donor removes his name from peers list, The Times, March 16, 2006
- ^ Duncan Smith: Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorists, Conservatives.com, December 10, 2001
- ^ Cherie Blair at centre of NHS sleaze row, The Mail on Sunday, July 15, 2006
