Brown puts Israel lobbyist in charge of Britain's Middle East policy

Gordon Brown puts Israel lobbyist in charge of Britain's Middle East policy

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appointed an Israeli agent of influence to a key position at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Britain’s foreign ministry.

On 9 June 2009, Ivan Lewis was given a major promotion in Mr Brown’s government when he was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Middle East policy, Iraq, Iran, counterterrorism and Anglo-American relations.
Speaking after his promotion, Mr Lewis said: “My responsibility for the Middle East peace process is particularly poignant. I have never hidden my pride at being Jewish or my support for the State of Israel”.

Of course, there are experts in the Middle East, who have studied the languages, literature, culture, politics and history at British Universities; languages like Turkish and Arabic. Why bother with those, these days?