It is just over a month since the cringeworthy Labour Foreign Secretary, David Miliband went through the motions in the House of Commons, over the abuse of British Passports in the Dubai murder case by the Israeli intelligence agencies.

UK Passports (Use in Dubai Murder) - Oral Answers to Questions --Justice - House of Commons debates, 23 March 2010, 3:36 pm

David Miliband (Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; South Shields, Labour) [...] The Government take this matter extremely seriously. Such misuse of British passports is intolerable. It presents a hazard to the safety of British nationals in the region. Also, it represents a profound disregard for the sovereignty of the UK. The fact that that was done by a country that is a friend, with significant diplomatic, cultural, business and personal ties to the UK, only adds insult to injury. No country or Government could stand by in such a situation. [...] However, I have asked for a member of the embassy of Israel to be withdrawn from the UK as a result of this affair, and that is taking place. [...]

Martin Linton MP is Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East.

Martin Linton (Battersea, Labour) I commend my right hon. Friend on his decisive action in expelling a so far unnamed diplomat from the Israeli embassy, although he is of course welcome to name him. I have the diplomatic list, from the ambassador to the defence attaché, who, to refer to the previous question, just happens to be a Colonel Kaufman. [...] Peter Bone (Wellingborough, Conservative) Could the Foreign Secretary be clearer? He has been very evasive about the person who will be expelled. Could the Foreign Secretary say what position the person held? Did he have any relationship to Mossad? David Miliband (Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; South Shields, Labour) I am not going to give any further information about the individual concerned, and I am not going to describe anything further about the role that he played. I have been very clear about the basis on which he was chosen. That is the right thing to do



David Miliband should never have represented our country as Foreign Secretary. When he is not insulting our intelligence, he is fawning over some foreign leaders and insulting other foreign heads of state whilst smirking and grinning. This may suit Gordon Brown, for petty internal Labour party reasons, but it is yet another reason to get rid of the lot of them at the May 6th elections.

Martin Linton is one of the few Labour backbenchers who has spoken out in favour compuslory ID Cards and the the National Identity Register, although most have them have voted in favour.. Hopefully, with a majority of only 137, he will be voted out on May 6th.

Martin Linton seems to have been wrong about the name of the defence attaché at the Israeli Embassy in London - he probably relied on the annually printed version of the London Diplomatic List, rather than the online versions, which now seem to be published approximately every month. Hansard has misspelled the name as "Kaufman" rather than "Caufman", presumably because the debate also had a contribution by Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman.

Colonel Gil-Shlomo Caufman was Defence & Armed Forces Attaché at the Israeli Embassy in London until at least August 2009.

Colonel Hadar Furman was Defence & Armed Forces Attaché at the Israeli Embassy in London from at least November 2009 and was listed as such at the time of the diplomatic expulsion statement on 23rd March 2010.

Has this diplomat or intelligence officer (either from Mossad or Shabak or Aman etc.) actually been expelled from London yet ?

London Diplomatic List 26th August 2009

HIS EXCELLENCY MR RON PROSOR m

Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary (since 19 November 2007)

Mrs Hadas Prosor

Mrs Talya Lador-Fresher m Minister Counsellor

Mr Ran Gidor m Counsellor

Mr Lior Ben Dor m Counsellor (Public Affairs)

Mrs Ronit Ben Dor m 1st Secretary (Public Affairs)

Mr Shmuel Ben Tovim m Minster (Economic Affairs)

Mr Gil Haim Erez m Minister for Commercial Affairs

Mr Uzi Gafni 1st Secretary (Information & Tourism)

Ms Tehiya Weinstein Minister & Consul General (Consular Affairs)

Mr Booni Cohavi m Counsellor (Administration)

Mr Yair Rozi m 1st Secretary

Mr Rafael Yagodaiev m 2nd Secretary

Colonel Gil-Shlomo Caufman m Defence & Armed Forces Attaché

London Diplomatic List 9th November 2009

HIS EXCELLENCY MR RON PROSOR m Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary (since 19 November 2007)

Mrs Hadas Prosor

Mrs Talya Lador-Fresher m Minister-Counsellor

Mr Ran Gidor m Counsellor

Mr Shmuel Ben Tovim m Minster (Economic Affairs)

Mr Gil Haim Erez m Minister for Commercial Affairs

Mr Rephael Shalev m 1st Secretary (Tourism)

Mrs Liora Givon m Minister Counsellor and Consul General

Mrs Vivien Aisen m Minister-Counsellor (Administration)

Mr Yair Rozi m 1st Secretary

Mr Rafael Yagodaiev m 2nd Secretary

Colonel Hadar Furman m Defence & Armed Forces Attaché





London Diplomatic List 4th February 2010

HIS EXCELLENCY MR RON PROSOR m Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary (since 19 November

2007)

Mrs Hadas Prosor

Mrs Talya Lador-Fresher m Minister-Counsellor

Mr Ran Gidor m Counsellor

Mr Shmuel Ben Tovim m Minster (Economic Affairs)

Mr Gil Haim Erez m Minister for Commercial Affairs

Mr Rephael Shalev m 1st Secretary (Tourism)

Mrs Liora Givon m Minister Counsellor and Consul General

Mrs Vivien Aisen m Minister-Counsellor (Administration)

Mr Amir Shmuel Ofek Counsellor (Public Affairs)

Mr Michael Brodsky m 1st Secretary (Public Affairs)

Mr Yair Rozi m 1st Secretary

Mr Rafael Yagodaiev m 2nd Secretary

Colonel Hadar Furman m Defence & Armed Forces Attaché

London Diplomatic List 8th March 2010

HIS EXCELLENCY MR RON PROSOR m Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary (since 19 November 2007)

Mrs Hadas Prosor

Mrs Talya Lador-Fresher m Minister-Counsellor

Mr Ran Gidor m Counsellor

Mr Shmuel Ben Tovim m Minster (Economic Affairs)

Mr Gil Haim Erez m Minister for Commercial Affairs

Mr Rephael Shalev m 1st Secretary (Tourism)

Mrs Liora Givon m Minister Counsellor and Consul General

Mrs Vivien Aisen m Minister-Counsellor (Administration)

Mr Amir Shmuel Ofek Counsellor (Public Affairs)

Mr Michael Brodsky m 1st Secretary (Public Affairs)

Mr Yair Rozi m 1st Secretary

Mr Rafael Yagodaiev m 2nd Secretary

Colonel Hadar Furman m Defence & Armed Forces Attaché

London Diplomatic List 9th April 2010

HIS EXCELLENCY MR RON PROSOR m Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary (since 19 November 2007)

Mrs Hadas Prosor

Mrs Talya Lador-Fresher m Minister-Counsellor

Mr Ran Gidor m Counsellor

Mr Shmuel Ben Tovim m Minster (Economic Affairs)

Mr Gil Haim Erez m Minister for Commercial Affairs

Mr Rephael Shalev m 1st Secretary (Tourism)

Mrs Liora Givon m Minister Counsellor and Consul General

Mrs Vivien Aisen m Minister-Counsellor (Administration)

Mr Amir Shmuel Ofek Counsellor (Public Affairs)

Mr Michael Brodsky m 1st Secretary (Public Affairs)

Mr Yair Rozi m 1st Secretary

Mr Rafael Yagodaiev m 2nd Secretary

Colonel Hadar Furman m Defence & Armed Forces Attaché

Presumably nobody had yet been expelled in the 18 days between the Ministerial Statement on 22nd March and the publication of the 9th of April London Diplomatic List.

Will Colonel Hadar Furman, or will someone else turn out to have been the diplomat who was expelled, when the next London Diplomatic List is published ?

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David Miliband's Orwellian newspeak and doublethink showed through, when he attempted to pretend that a major objection against the National Identity Register, somehow makes a case for it.

Edward Garnier (Shadow Attorney General, Justice; Harborough, Conservative) The point that my right hon. and learned Friend Mr. Hogg made is just as important even if one is not dealing with an alleged killing. The courts of England send people with no previous convictions to prison for passport forgery and their sentences are measured in years. What does this story tell us about the integrity of the Government's proposals for identity cards? Does it not undermine the Government's case? David Miliband (Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; South Shields, Labour) I am delighted that the hon. and learned Gentleman has raised that point, because it makes a very strong case precisely for the national identity register that we propose. I think that many people, if they can be diverted from the issue at hand for a moment, will see that the determination to have a national identity register precisely fits into the sort of concerns that people have about identity theft. Actually, the case is made for the proposal that the Government have put forward, and I hope that the hon. and learned Gentleman will reconsider his opposition to it.



So is the Labour plan to share the sensitive personal details held on the National Identity Register with all foreign governments ?

This would make it even easier for foreign governments to forge UK Passports.

