updated Fri. November 17, 2023
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The Canary
March 27, 2018
The Al Jazeera investigation took place over several months in 2016, with an undercover reporter becoming a trusted confidant of Israeli diplomat Shai Masot. The reporter filmed key conversations among Masot and British political allies over the summer, revealing a network of pro-Israel organisationsÃâà...
The Independent
March 15, 2018
... presidential corruption in the Maldives and paedophilia in British youth football, another documentary under Swisher's direction concentrated on Israel's influence over Britain and included a secretly filmed sequence in which Israeli official Shai Masot discussed how to “take down” British MPs regarded asÃâà...
Jewish Chronicle
March 13, 2018
Other examples pile up if you care to look – such as Shai Masot, the junior flunky whose ridiculous boasts about “taking down” UK politicians hostile to Israel were caught on camera by an undercover Al Jazeera reporter. Or the diplomatic faux-pas just a few months ago when Elad Nehorai, the embassy'sÃâà...
Mintpress News
March 12, 2018
The documentary angered Israeli officials in Britain and jeopardised relations between the UK and Israel. As a direct result, the Israeli Embassy official implicated in the programme, Shai Masot, was removed from his position as senior political officer and sent back to Israel. Australian-born AmbassadorÃâà...
Forward
March 9, 2018
We captured on hidden camera an Israeli official, Shai Masot, manipulating domestic British NGO's and threatening to target pro-Palestinian MP's. Masot, whose business card read “Senior Political Officer” with the Israeli Embassy in London, threatened to “take down” the Foreign Office's number two,Ãâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
December 8, 2017
Shai Masot, the Israeli agent whose “cover” in the UK was “well and truly blown” by an Al Jazeera investigation. The Israeli agent caught plotting to “take down” UK lawmakers accompanied a leading Israeli minister during his visit to London last year, The Electronic Intifada has learned. Shai Masot, theÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 10, 2017
In undercover footage recorded as part of Al Jazeera's investigation The Lobby, Shai Masot - a senior political officer at the embassy who was forced to quit after the film exposed his attempts to manipulate British politics - is seen boasting of his relationship with Angus Robertson to our undercover reporterÃâà...
The Independent
January 12, 2017
An Israeli embassy official at the centre of alleged plots to “influence” British student movements, lobbying groups and politicians has resigned his post. Officials said Shai Masot would have no further contact with the Ministry for Strategic Affairs in Israel. “We consider that this scandal is now done andÃâà...
The Guardian
January 8, 2017
An Israeli embassy official who plotted to “take down” MPs regarded as hostile has also set up a number of political organisations in the UK that operated as though entirely independent. Shai Masot was filmed covertly as he boasted about establishing several groups, at least one of which was intended toÃâà...
