Firm that funded 7 October report disappears from British peer’s register of interests

The company that funded a report on the Hamas-led attacks on 7 October 2023 for a parliamentary group on Israel is no longer listed in a British peer’s register of interests days after a complaint naming the firm was filed with a standards watchdog.

Cedarsoak Ltd is a UK-based company in which Lord Mendelsohn, the former chair of Labour Friends of Israel, and Lord Polak, the former chair of the Conservative Friends of Israel, are the sole directors.

The company is credited with funding the report published on 18 March by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK-Israel which described its aim as being "to chronicle the facts of 7 October with clarity and precision".  

APPGs are informal groups of MPs and peers and the report, titled "7 October Parliamentary Commission Report", states that it is not an official publication and has not been approved by either parliamentary house or their committees.

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