Israeli ambassador’s leaked schedule reveals meetings with Labour donors

The Israeli ambassador’s diary has exposed how she spends her time: meeting with an array of Labour Party donors, businessmen, and pro-Israel lobbyists.

Hotovely’s guest list isn’t tea diplomacy. It’s war-crime lobbying at its best. https://t.co/0t8LDqv8YI

— Hussain “Hoz” Shafiei (@HussainShafiei) August 13, 2025

Tzipi Hotovely: Israeli ambassador advocating for genocide

Tzipi Hotovely has spent nearly two years inciting genocide against Palestinians. She suggested that “every school, every mosque, every second house” in Gaza was able to access underground tunnels. Therefore, they were valid targets for Israel.

She also claimed that Hamas bases all its headquarters in Gaza’s hospitals. This is a narrative that Israel has used relentlessly to justify murdering Palestinians, whilst also stripping them of a functioning healthcare system.

‘Very close working relationship’

An investigation by Declassified UK has revealed that Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador in London, has a very close working relationship with pro-Israel lobby organisations in Britain.

Both Conservative and Labour Friends of Israel (CFI and LFI) claim not to be funded by Tel Aviv. However, they both “regularly liaise with the Israeli ambassador in London”.

They also revealed:

Hotovely met four times with Stuart Polak, a director and honorary president of CFI who once described being made a member of the House of Lords as a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to advocate for Israel.

The pair were joined by seasoned Israeli diplomats Yossi Amrani and Meirav Eilon Shahar in July and September 2024, respectively.

Amrani is currently the head of the Israeli foreign ministry’s diplomatic division, and was until recently its ambassador to Greece. Shahar is Israel’s deputy director for strategic affairs in the foreign ministry, formerly working as its ambassador at the UN.

The Israeli ambassador also met with figures associated with LFI on four occasions, including Michael Rubin, Jon Pearce MP, and Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn.

Unsurprisingly, her diary also included meetings with Luke Akehurst, MP for Durham North and former director pro-Israel lobby group, We Believe in Israel.

.@jmcevoy_2 & @alex_macondo show Israel’s ambassador to the UK met last year with at least two Labour MPs including Luke Akehurst

Akehurst formerly headed “advocacy group” We Believe in Israel

WBII recently claimed credit for getting Labour to proscribe Pal Action https://t.co/1bBpNU7CZG pic.twitter.com/8KiWHzqI2m

— North Herts Palestine Solidarity Campaign (@NHertsPsc) August 12, 2025

Other meetings include a variety of Labour Party donors. This raises concerns about how close party funders are to the Israeli Government, along with oil giants and members of the House of Lords.

🚨 BREAKING: @Declassified have uncovered Tzipi Hotovely’s diary – including MULTIPLE meetings with senior figures at BP & the FCDO since the start of Israel’s genocide.

BP’s Israeli-granted gas licences MUST be understood as British state complicity in genocide.

🧵 Here’s why. https://t.co/8ciKVbJu87

— Energy Embargo for Palestine (@EEforpalestine) August 12, 2025

Oh, and BBC journalists. So much for unbiased reporting?

Worth reading. Also notable breakfast with Andrew Marr and meeting with Frank Gardner, BBC’s security correspondent. Ofc has no impact on their independent reporting. https://t.co/Y5528ly79O

— Mira Hammad (@MiraHammad10) August 13, 2025

Meanwhile, a cross-party group of MPs have called on Starmer to “immediately expel” Hotovely from the UK.

NEW: A cross-party group of MPs have sent a letter to PM Starmer urging him to “immediately expel” Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely

Full story in post below: pic.twitter.com/sQhir1I7Cg

— Imran Mulla (@Imran_posts) August 14, 2025

The UK has been complicit in Israel’s genocide from the start. So it should come as no surprise that Keir Starmer is further enabling both the genocide and a terrorist state’s influence over the UK government by allowing her to stay as long as she has.

Feature image via the Canary