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Lewis has donated £13,832 to Fox's defunct Atlantic Bridge charity.<ref>Rupert Neate, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/13/donor-liam-fox-flights-washington Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money], guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011</ref>
 
Lewis has donated £13,832 to Fox's defunct Atlantic Bridge charity.<ref>Rupert Neate, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/13/donor-liam-fox-flights-washington Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money], guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011</ref>
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==BICOM - donor and former vice chair==
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Michael Lewis is a UK-based South African financier who served as a director of BICOM between September 2006 and December 2007. During his time he was reportedly the organisation's vice-chairman and is known to have donated a total of £25,000.447 He has said that he has had no involvement in BICOM since 2007, but has confirmed he remains a donor.<ref>See note accompanying Rupert Neate, ‘[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/13/donor-liam-fox-flights-washington Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor’s money’], ''The Guardian'', 13 October 2011.</ref>
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The Lewis family has supported other pro-Israel organisations in the UK in addition to BICOM.
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The family’s charitable foundation, the [[Stanley & Zea Lewis Family Foundation]], donated a total of
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£193,239 to the [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] between April 2009 and March 2011458 and in 2011
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pledged £3 million to the University of Oxford to fund the appointment of a Professor of Israel
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Studies.<ref>Lewis Group, > Overview > History. [http://www.lewisgroup.co.za/investor/financials/ar/ar2010/overview/history.asp Annual Report 2010].</ref> Michael Lewis, who is a trustee of the family foundation, was a director of the [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] from September 2001 to October 2007.
  
 
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==Affiliations==

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Michael Lewis is a director of the South African retailer Foschini Ltd. He is also the founder of the Israeli biotech company ProChon Biotech Limited.[1]

In October 2005, Defence Secretary Liam Fox flew to the United States with five newly elected MPs - Mark Harper, John Penrose, Brooks Newmark, Adam Holloway and Philip Dunne. In the register of members interests, all the MPs said their flights and accomodation had been paid for using a donation from Michael Lewis.[2]

Lewis was on the board of directors of Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) between 6 September 2006 - 3 Dec 2007[3] and served as Vice Chairman until 2007, after which point 'he has had no involvement in the organisation, save as a donor', according to a clarification published in the Guardian.[4]

Another clarification in October 2011 by the Guardian said it had incorrectly stated that Lewis had arranged a trip in 2009 to a security seminar in Israel for Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty. "Mr Lewis... remains a donor to Bicom but has never had involvement in Mr Werritty's travel arrangements".[5]

Lewis has donated £13,832 to Fox's defunct Atlantic Bridge charity.[6]

BICOM - donor and former vice chair

Michael Lewis is a UK-based South African financier who served as a director of BICOM between September 2006 and December 2007. During his time he was reportedly the organisation's vice-chairman and is known to have donated a total of £25,000.447 He has said that he has had no involvement in BICOM since 2007, but has confirmed he remains a donor.[7]

The Lewis family has supported other pro-Israel organisations in the UK in addition to BICOM. The family’s charitable foundation, the Stanley & Zea Lewis Family Foundation, donated a total of £193,239 to the United Jewish Israel Appeal between April 2009 and March 2011458 and in 2011 pledged £3 million to the University of Oxford to fund the appointment of a Professor of Israel Studies.[8] Michael Lewis, who is a trustee of the family foundation, was a director of the United Jewish Israel Appeal from September 2001 to October 2007.

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  1. ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011.
  3. ↑ BICOM Appointments 13 June 2012, Companies House via Powerbase.
  4. ↑ Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011
  5. ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011, amended 19 October 2011
  6. ↑ Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011
  7. ↑ See note accompanying Rupert Neate, ‘Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor’s money’, The Guardian, 13 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Lewis Group, > Overview > History. Annual Report 2010.
  9. ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
  10. ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  11. ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  12. ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  13. ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
  14. ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
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