Pro Pal on behalf of Beijing

The pro-Palestine movement, which flared up across Europe during the darkest days of the war between Israel and Hamas, whilst remaining legitimate and, in some respects, commendably passionate, has from the outset displayed characteristics reminiscent of dynamics already familiar to Western governments – namely, those of spontaneous mobilisations which, at a certain point, appear to receive external support, orchestrated by those with an interest in fomenting chaos and weakening European institutions from within. This is a suspicion that has long been circulating in continental intelligence circles, fuelled, for example, by the rapid and suspicious shift of numerous pro-Russian Telegram channels towards the Palestinian and anti-Israeli cause.

Now, however, further and more detailed information is coming to light. According to an investigation by The Telegraph, a British company linked to Code Pink – a far-left feminist organisation founded in the United States and one of the leading groups behind pro-Palestinian protests in the UK – is said to have received around 250,000 pounds from companies linked to Neville Roy Singham, a well-known technology entrepreneur who has for years been accused of funding the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda machine on a global scale. A further payment of 70,000 pounds is said to have been made in 2024 by the People’s Support Foundation, another entity linked to Singham’s network. Meanwhile, Code Pink was organising demonstrations in the UK against British involvement in the Gaza conflict, staging sit-ins outside RAF bases, and openly accusing the British leadership of being “bought by Zionism” (shortly before launching a campaign entitled “China is not our enemy”). Both Code Pink and Singham deny having operated with the help of the Chinese Communist Party, but in the UK, as in the US, the issue of transparency regarding donations to associations and NGOs is a serious matter, particularly when it concerns hostile countries.