Reeves claims ‘I am a Zionist’ while receiving over £200k from Israel lobby

Rachel Reeves has said publicly that she will always be a friend of Israel – a genocidal terrorist state, whilst taking over £200k in donations from Israeli lobbyists.

Reeves made the comments during the keynote speech at the Labour Friends of Israel’s (LFI) annual dinner on Monday, 8 December. Also in attendance were deputy prime minister David Lammy and various backbench MPs.

In her speech, she said:

The progressive friends of Israel, whatever their criticism of particular governments, must be willing to say, unapologetically, I am a Zionist.

To translate quickly, ‘progressive friends of Israel’ means genocide supporters who are okay with Israel murdering countless innocent people, of course.

Israel is on trial for genocide. It has engineered a famine. There are more child amputees in Gaza than anywhere else in the world because of Israel.

Yet MPs – including the Chancellor – are still attending lunches hosted by pro-Israel lobby groups.

Shameful. https://t.co/pEDw3mLawg

— Hamza Yusuf (@Hamza_a96) December 8, 2025

Rachel Reeves pocketing Zionist lobby funding

And let’s not forget, the Israel lobby has paid Rachel Reeves thousands of pounds.

She received £2,500 from LFI and £35,210 from Trevor Chinn. He is a long-time Israeli lobbyist who has financed at least eight members of Starmers’ front bench at various points. He’s also donated to former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, current Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, and Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

Reeves has also previously received close to £175,000 from Israel lobbyist Victor Blank. According to This is Money, he gave the money to her Westminster office between 2021 and 2023, when Reeves was Shadow Chancellor.

Of that money, £100,000 was reportedly for ‘office costs’ for a year. Sounds like a pretty expensive stapler.

Previously, Rachel Reeves received close to £100,000 from Israel lobbyist Victor Blank to cover office costs over the course of a year.

Blank also financed 3 UK groups that fund the Israeli Occupation Forces: Beit Halochem, ORT, and Technion UK. https://t.co/r4rl96ymy5

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) October 1, 2025

This means that in total, Reeves has received over £200k from the Israel lobby over the course of her career.

It’s reassuring to know that it’s not morality or right and wrong that dictates what our politicians say and do. Instead, it’s a fat wad of cash.

Labour MPs doing what they have been paid to do. https://t.co/3LqxErtzRg

— Sam Smith (@originalplus) December 9, 2025

Agree they are shameful as are the @UKLabour cabinet who accept donations from Friends of Israel and Israel Lobby and stay quiet about Genocide. They are a disgrace! https://t.co/3MPNhuSFWO

— Cataluna (@Cataluna112) December 9, 2025

Labour Friends of Genocide

Of course, we still don’t know who funds Labour Friends of Israel – sorry, Labour Friends of Genocide.

Who funds @_LFI ❓

Why does it refuse to say ❓ https://t.co/gaiM80xbWU

— Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) December 8, 2025

LFI is one of the biggest lobbying forces in UK politics. However, it still refuses to disclose who actually funds it. Clearly, it has something to hide. In 2024, Declassified published a list of LFI’s parliamentary supporters, which, at the time, were listed on its website.

At the time of publication, LFI was counting 73 of Labour’s 197 MPs as parliamentary supporters or officers of the organisation. Additionally, it listed 37 lords and 4 MSPs.

As Declassified reported:

Failure to be transparent raises the prospect of undue interference in British politics.

Declassified added that:

One former British minister, writing anonymously, has criticised LFI’s “opaque funding and underhand conduct” as a “national disgrace and humiliation” which “must be stamped out”.

Reeves probably needs reminding that she is, in fact, the chancellor of the UK, not Israel. But follow the money – how can we take anything she says about Israel seriously when she is nearly £200k up because of a terrorist-state’s chequebook?

What is clear is that no politician should be endorsing a foreign, genocidal state whilst taking money from its supporters.

Featured image via HG