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Dispatches criticised by leading Jews

A row over the Channel 4 flagship investigative programme Dispatches has erupted after the programme was broadcast last night.

November 17, 2009 11:49
The Conservative Friends of Israel Director Stuart Polak, here with David Cameron, has criticised the Channel 4 Dispatches programme.

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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A row over the Channel 4 flagship investigative programme Dispatches, which examined the influence of the Israeli lobby, has erupted after the programme was broadcast last night.

The programme, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, had already attracted criticism for the antisemitic comments posted on the Channel 4 website.

Zionist Federation co-Vice Chairman Jonathan Hoffman denounced the programme on the website CiF Watch, claiming: “The lack of substance was amply demonstrated by the people who were prepared to go ‘on the record’ – namely the usual as-a-Jew suspects accompanied by representatives of the Guardian, the (ex)BBC and the Foreign Office.”

Melanie Phillips, who wrote a response to the programme in The Spectator, said: “After watching Peter Oborne’s ‘Dispatches’ programme on the power of the Israel lobby in Britain, the scales have fallen from my eyes.”