British politician talks about the power of the Jewish lobby

A Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate in Yorkshire told a hustings meeting that the power of the Jewish lobbies in Washington and Britain are the reason a full arms embargo has not been imposed on Israel. Madeleine Kirk, standing for the party in the new seat of York Outer, was speaking at the York University event. A question was asked about whether the candidates believed arms sales to Israel should be banned. Ms Kirk, a long-standing local city councillor, replied that an embargo should be in place, but was not, because of the Jewish lobby. She then went on to back Lib Dem peer Jenny Tonge’s call for an inquiry to disprove allegations that Israeli army medical teams in Haiti harvested organs of earthquake victims.