Jeremy Corbyn’s reaction when told about the training
An unarmed combat technique used by agents from Israel’s feared secret intelligence agency Mossad is being taught to MPs to protect them against attack following the murder of Jo Cox.
Called Krav Maga – Hebrew for ‘contact combat’ – it combines elements of judo, jiu-jitsu, boxing and street fighting and can be used on assailants with knives or guns.
MPs in Westminster are being offered free lessons in Krav Maga so that they can protect themselves against terrorists and political extremists. It comes after the killing of Labour MP Mrs Cox outside her West Yorkshire surgery in June.
The training, available to MPs since last week, is being provided by Parli-Training, a company which normally provides advice on lobbying and speech writing.
It concentrates on how to defend against the ten most common attacks, which include a ‘swinging punch to the head’; ‘a bottle, glass or ashtray to the head’; and a ‘slash with knife, most commonly a 3-4in lock blade or kitchen utility knife’.
How ironic that it took the murder of Jo Cox – a proponent of BDS – to lead to this.
There are plenty of anti-Israel and pro-BDS MKs in Britain. They are more than welcome to boycott this.
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
