Before becoming an MP, Keir Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions and met and accepted gifts from, the Israeli State Prosecutor Moshe Lador.
Three months after meeting with Lador, Starmer blocked an arrest warrant for former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni and the British government changed the law in response.
Starmer has previously earned thousands working for Mishcon De Reya, a law firm which has represented Ariel Sharon and the Israeli embassy in London.
Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign received £50k from Trevor Chinn. In November 2024, Chinn was awarded the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour for “skills and work to the benefit of the State of Israel” after Labour Friends of Israel lobby group nominated him.
In October 2023, Starmer said that Israel “had the right” to cut off food and electricity.
In July 2024, Starmer placed two individuals linked to the Israel lobby in key government roles.
When Starmer visited RAF Akrotiri in December 2024, he said: “We can’t tell the world what you’re doing here.” For two years, the base was used for spy flights over the Gazza Strip.
