Nigel Farage’s Reform UK sells itself as an alternative to the British political establishment. Historically, said establishment consisted of the Labour and Conservative parties – both of which have significant ‘Friends of Israel’ groups. Now, a group mirroring these foreign influence orgs has emerged:
For anybody who believed Reform offered something different in UK politics… https://t.co/yS439cUHrV
— Craig Murray (@CraigMurrayOrg) June 2, 2026
Oh, and it gets worse:
This is ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/m92HKClgOi
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) June 2, 2026
Israeli Friends of Reform
In February 2026, Farage announced the creation of two new groups:
- Reform Jewish Alliance.
- Reform Friends of Israel.
The ‘Jewish Alliance’ is a group for British Jews within Reform; the latter group seeks to strengthen the alreadystrong ties between the UK and Israel. As the Jerusalem Post reported:
Farage also announced the creation of Reform Friends of Israel, a parallel organization designed to strengthen ties between Reform UK and Israel. This organization will be led by Jason Pearlman, a British-born former international media adviser to President Isaac Herzog, who has also advised former president Reuven Rivlin, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and former prime minister Naftali Bennett.
At the same time that Reform is spearheading initiatives to strengthen ties with British Jews and Israeli Zionists, it’s harbouring antisemites within its own ranks. In the past few months alone, we’ve reported on the following:
Mainstream media have spent days calling @ZackPolanski an antisemite; why are they silent on Reform’s failure to suspend an actual antisemite?
By @willem_moore_uk https://t.co/VlrTrc7R3R
— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) May 4, 2026
Another Reform activist just got exposed for antisemitism, and once again there’s crickets from mainstream journalists and politicians
By @willem_moore_uk https://t.co/Ye7wR92fkd
— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) May 7, 2026
Ben Rowe posted Islamophobic, antisemitic and racist memes. Reform said it was ‘investigating’, so how come he’s now a sitting councillor?
Via @willem_moore_uk https://t.co/xKyGhLh6TI
— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) May 10, 2026
Farage also has his own history of antisemitism, as his Jewish ex-classmate Peter Ettedgui reported:
It was habitual, you know, it happened all the time. He would often be doing Nazi salutes and saying ‘Sieg heil’ and, you know, strutting around the classroom
Reform Friends of Israel
So we know that Reform is launching a ‘Friends of Israel’ group, but it’s a little difficult to tell if the X/Twitter account is really the ‘official’ account it claims to be.
We can’t see the list of who the account follows or is followed by, because Elon Musk removed that functionality. Twitter does display if you have followers in common, however, so we followed the main account for Reform UK, as well as several of its most senior politicians. Doing so suggests none of these accounts follow RFoI:
As Aaron Bastani of Novara highlighted, the account had accessed the internet via the Israel App Store. This would be conclusive evidence that someone behind the account was in Israel, although the account is currently accessed via the UK app store:
You’ll note it says the account is ‘based in’ Israel, but it also has a circled ‘i’ next to it. This ‘i’ indicates the use of a VPN which spoofs a person’s location – i.e. the account holder could be using a VPN to spoof being in Israel, or they could be in Israel while using a VPN for some other reason.
This account isn’t the first prominent account to be exposed for operating in Israel, anyway; it’s not even the most shocking:
So…X activated locations last night which showed US gov accounts like DHS opened and operating from Israel. Then 20 mins later, X deactivated the feature and today, Gov accts are “exempt” from the location feature. https://t.co/8kiU541EDg pic.twitter.com/3DvM2NkrEM
— GenXGirl (@GenXGirl1994) November 23, 2025
No surprises
The UK establishment’s cosy relationship with Israel is easy to explain, as we have done before:
- The UK profits from Israel’s actions through arms deals and partnerships.
- Israel is a key ally of America, and the UK is America’s foremost lapdog.
- The Israel lobby has proven to be very effective at influencing British politicians – particularly through the ‘Labour Friends of Israel‘ and ‘Conservative Friends of Israel‘ groups.
- Once enough people within the establishment hold an opinion, mirroring that opinion becomes the price of entry.
Reform UK is simply the British establishment rebranded, so of course it’s emulating the special relationship with Israel.
Featured image via Dan Kitwood (Getty Images)
By Willem Moore
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