Marks and Spencer, the retail chain headed by the Sieffs, Britain’s leading Zionist family, has donated 20,000 Pounds Sterling to a Lebanese relief fund. Lord Marcus Sieff, chairman of Marks and Spencer, reportedly asked a senior Red Cross representative to assure him that the money would reach those in need.
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