Captain Barak Raz

Israeli propaganda officer boasted of taking UK Labour Students partying in Tel Aviv, deletes Tweet

Asa Winstanley 18 January 2012

Since the story of the Labour party students officers who took an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel and its illegal West Bank settlements broke last week, they have been coming under increasing pressure from student activists. But strong evidence has now emerged the delegation spent a night clubbing in Tel Aviv with a spokesperson for the the Israeli occupation army in the West Bank. 

UK Labour Party student officials face backlash over free tour of Israel, settlements

Asa Winstanley London 16 January 2012

A member of the UK’s National Union of Students Executive Council has denounced several youth and student officers from the opposition Labour Party for taking part in an all-expenses-paid tour of Israel and its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Labour students delegation met with Captain Barak Raz, an Israeli army spokesperson and other Israeli officials.