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An Israeli embassy official in London who was caught on camera talking about "taking down" a British government minister has resigned, a spokesperson for Israel's foreign ministry told Middle East Eye on Friday.

The spokesperson also confirmed that Masot had been working for the Ministry for Strategic Affairs, a controversial ministry tasked with countering the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, seemingly contradicting the Israeli embassy in London's claim that he had been a junior employee.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-diplomat-shai-masot-resigns-israeli-foreign-ministry-1959763735

Israeli UK Embassy Scandal: Officer Who Sought to Destroy Tory Leader Worked for Strategic Affairs Ministry
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2017/01/10/israeli-uk-embassy-scandal-officer-sought-destroy-tory-leader-worked-strategic-affairs-ministry/

The Lobby
http://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/thelobby/

Did Israeli embassy spy on Scottish National Party?

A prominent Scottish National Party activist has told The Electronic Intifada that he has “no doubt” that the Israeli embassy official who plotted to “take down” a “hit list” of UK lawmakers was responsible for his deportation by Israel.

Andy Murray, founder of SNP Friends of Palestine, was detained and questioned at Tel Aviv airport in November 2015, when travelling in advance of a parliamentary delegation.

During his interrogation, Murray was presented with a series of photographs of him manning the Friends of Palestine stall at the SNP conference in Aberdeen the previous month.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/did-israeli-embassy-spy-scottish-national-party/19131

American Jews Divided Over Strain in U.S.-Israel Relations

For Rabbi Gerald Sussman of Temple Emanu-El on Staten Island, the Obama administration’s recent confrontation with Israel was a stunning turn for a president who had enjoyed support from many members of his congregation. “The word ‘betrayed’ would not be too strong a word,” he said.

But in Los Angeles, Rabbi John L. Rosove of Temple Israel of Hollywood, who is the chairman of the Association of Reform Zionists of America, felt differently. He applauded the speech delivered on Wednesday by Secretary of State John Kerry explaining the decision by the United States not to block a United Nations Security Council resolution that condemned the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Rabbi Rosove also suggested that many American Jews were broadly supportive of the Obama administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/us/american-jews-john-kerry-israel.html?_r=1