Gary and Jack Lubner Apology

22 September 2024

On 9 April 2024 we published a video entitled “The TRUTH About Labour’s Pro-Israel Mega-Donor.” The video claimed without any evidence that Gary Lubner was an apartheid profiteer and falsely alleged that Gary and Jack Lubner have close ties to and are supportive of the Israeli Government. We wish to make clear that the allegations within the video against Gary and Jack Lubner were false and based upon a single unreliable article. We failed in our duties in publishing these false allegations.

We have now removed the video and provided our sincere apologies to the Lubner family, including in respect of the anti-Semitic abuse they have suffered as a result of the video’s publication. We are pleased to make clear that Gary Lubner was an anti-apartheid activist and led anti-Apartheid organisations through the 1980s. He worked closely with leading figures in the anti-apartheid movement to help bring about change in South Africa. He also at Mr Mandela’s own request, served as a Trustee on the Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust.

Further Gary and Jack Lubner are not supportive of and do not have ties to the Israeli Government and are not lobbyists on its behalf. Rather, they are proud British Jews who have worked towards a just peace that affords Palestinians and Israelis self-determination, dignity and human rights. We are told that, whilst most of Gary’s philanthropy is focussed on South Africa and the UK, he has contributed to numerous human rights organisations active in Israel and Palestine. Gary has made significant contributions to charities working to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, AS WELL AS a number of victims and families of the October 7 Hamas attack, We once again apologise to the Lubner family for publishing these defamatory allegations and, in recognition of this, we have made a sizeable charitable donation to World Central Kitchen and Community Security Trust in their name.

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