Exposed: The Israeli Lie Machine Targeting Britain

Andy Burnham is to set up a centre to counter ‘poisonous’ disinformation, focused on Russia. But will it only challenge foreign interference based on whether the country responsible is friend or foe?

A French government agency claims an Israeli tech company used online personas to damage candidates reputations in elections in the US, France – and the UK. Photo by Mauro Pimentel / AFP via Getty Images

Britain is to set up a new centre to stem the “poisonous tide” of disinformation, not least from Russia. That was the announcement our new prime minister made at the United Nations General Assembly, as he savaged the Kremlin for spending £1.3 billion a year on bots, fake websites, falsified newspaper articles and other forms of deceitful political manipulation.

All perfectly reasonable, but one particular state was not called out for its role in spreading disinformation – and that is Israel.