The Qatar-based Al Jazeera media network admitted that it planted an undercover reporter in pro-Israel organizations in Washington, and that it plans to broadcast a documentary about his activity.
Earlier in 2017, the network had broadcast a series that caused a uproar – and even the dismissal of a diplomat at the Israeli embassy in London, after he was photographed talking about his ability to undermine the status of British lawmakers operating against Israel.
The network’s latest admission was made after a decision by the British regulator about complaints by Jewish organizations that the series created by Al Jazeera was tainted with anti-Semitism. The regulator ruled that the investigation was not anti-Semitic.
Following the decision, Al-Jazeera hastened to publish that “At the very same time [as the London investigation] – and we can safely reveal this now – we had an undercover operative working in tandem in Washington, DC. With this UK verdict and vindication past us, we can soon reveal how the Israel lobby in America works through the eyes of an undercover reporter,” according to The Intercept.
It should be noted that a number of Jewish organizations in Europe and the United States have pointed in recent months to possible “implants” that were trying to harm them. It was discovered in Britain, shortly before the broadcast of the Al Jazeera series, that an activist who joined pro-Israel activity in the United States was actually an extremist supporter of the Palestinian Arabs, and was identified as a participant in anti-Israel demonstrations in several European locations.