Emily Thornberry has hit out after being secretly recorded during a visit to the Israeli parliament, with the unauthorized footage later posted online by Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Sharren Haskel. The chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee has now called on UK ministers to intervene, demanding answers on why the video was taken without her knowledge or consent and then used to paint her in a negative light.
Speaking at a committee meeting on Tuesday, she confronted Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer about the incident, asking if he would expect foreign politicians visiting Westminster to be secretly recorded. Falconer was taken aback, responding, “Certainly not. I think that’d be very unusual”, reported the National Scot.
