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Shockingly, the £2.5bn from Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea, licensed for humanitarian causes in Ukraine, is still frozen. The Guardian reported in September 2026 that it had earned at least £175m in interest, according to Fordstam's accounts. powerbase.info/index.php/Rom…
Labour's Jewish affiliate, the Jewish Labour Movement, began in 1903 as Poale Zion. Its stated objects include promoting 'Labour or Socialist Zionism', and it says it organises in the World Zionist Organization alongside Israel's Labor Party. powerbase.info/index.php/Jew…
The records show Gary Mond was a director of the JNF Charitable Trust from 2011 to 2023. He founded the National Jewish Assembly and in 2026 became chairman of Reform UK's Reform Jewish Alliance. The Electoral Commission lists £29,500 from him to Reform. powerbase.info/index.php/Gar…
Who was paying Netanyahu's aides? Two of his advisers are suspected of taking Qatari money, via a US lobbying firm, to push pro-Qatar stories during the Gaza ceasefire talks, reports say. No indictment yet, and Qatar calls the claims baseless. powerbase.info/index.php/Qat…
Did you know this isn't the first time a former Met Police commissioner went to work for a surveillance firm?
On 13 November, Powerbase highlighted Palantir's £240.6m MoD direct award and its strategic partnership with Israel's Ministry of Defence (full dossier: powerbase.info/index.php/Pal…). The Bureau of Investigative Journalism also revealed this week that former Met chief Dame Cressida Dick has been a paid adviser to Palantir since September 2025 (she denies lobbying), alongside former UK Special Forces director Graeme Lamb, as the US firm wins British police contracts—including a £10.1m deal across three forces and the national firearms licensing system for all 43 forces in England and Wales (UK Fact Check report: ukfactcheck.com/article/582/…).
Fifteen years ago today, on 14 November 2011, Tilly Gifford documented the exact same revolving door on Spinwatch: former Met commissioner Peter Imbert advising protest-monitoring firm The Inkerman Group, former Special Branch chiefs moving into energy firms' security teams, and police units trading intelligence on campaigners with private spies outside any public oversight.
Read the 2011 Spinwatch investigation: spinwatch.org/index.php/issu…
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Did you know Lord Massey, named chair of Conservative Friends of Israel from April 2022, became Tory party chief executive that November, the Guardian reported? The Electoral Commission records £392,700 in donations to the party under his name. powerbase.info/index.php/Ste…
Lisa Nandy accepted £5,000 from Sir Trevor Chinn on 15 September 2016, while vice-chair of Labour Friends of Palestine, Electoral Commission records show. Chinn is a long-standing Labour Friends of Israel donor. powerbase.info/index.php/Lab…
Beit Halochem UK, which funds rehabilitation centres for disabled IDF veterans, recorded grants to Israel of £3,781,101 in the year to 28 February 2026, during the genocide in Gaza, its accounts show, up from £1,694,561 the year before. powerbase.info/index.php/Bei…
Britain Israel Trade Union Dialogue (formerly Trade Union Friends of Israel) takes UK union delegations to Israel. Its site says a founder board member was the Israeli Embassy's representative in north-west England until 2016. powerbase.info/index.php/Tra…
The Electoral Commission register records Suella Braverman's visit, 31 March-4 April 2024, valued at £27,801.27, with the National Jewish Assembly as donor. It is described as a 'Solidarity visit to Israel following October 7th attacks'. powerbase.info/index.php/Nat…
JCB's 2025 accounts disclose a £272,500 political donation in 2024 to the Midlands Industrial Council, a Tory donors' club that publishes no accounts or members. The Electoral Commission register shows no MIC donation after 2015. powerbase.info/index.php/Mid…
JNF UK says its own project grants must not go 'over the Green line' or support military activity. Those rules do not apply to donor-advised payments through KKL Charity Accounts, which came to £10,021,000 in 2025, the accounts show. powerbase.info/index.php/JNF…
North Sea producer Ithaca Energy paid £786m in dividends to its controlling shareholder Delek Group between 2020 and April 2026, The Ferret found. Delek is in the UN settlements database, which it says is wrong. powerbase.info/index.php/Del…
Leicester drone and surveillance firm UAV Tactical Systems became wholly owned by Israeli arms maker Elbit in January 2026, when Elbit Systems UK bought Thales UK's 49% stake, its 2025 accounts say. powerbase.info/index.php/UAV…
The MoD signed a £240.6m direct award with Palantir Technologies UK on 30 December 2025, running to March 2029, a January 2026 contract notice shows. In January 2024 Palantir announced a strategic partnership with Israel's Ministry of Defence. Full record on Powerbase.
JCB, listed in the UN database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements, gave £200,000 to Reform UK on 3 Nov 2025, the Electoral Commission register shows. Its 2025 political donations total £625,000. powerbase.info/index.php/JCB
So on the facts, the claim stands up. All three are in Israel's military supply chain, all have IDF or Unit 8200 veterans at the top, and the IDF uses all three firms' products. Full profiles on @Powerbase, with sources, below.