by Steve Winston | Oct 22, 2021 | Blog
Blog post by ZF Vice-Chair, Robert Festenstein It has been a year since Her Excellency Tzipi Hotovely, took up her appointment as Ambassador for the State of Israel to the Court of St James’s, and last night was the first time Mrs Hotovely was able to attend a meeting...
by Steve Winston | Oct 14, 2021 | Blog
14th October 2021 The recent attention heaped upon author Sally Rooney’s refusal to publish her book in Hebrew with the publisher which printed her first two novels brings into question, not only the equity, wisdom and value of cultural boycotts, but also the question...
by Steve Winston | Oct 12, 2021 | Blog
12th October 2021 Following author Sally Rooney’s refusal to have her latest book translated into Hebrew, the Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland made the following statement: The Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland criticises Irish author, Sally Rooney’s...
by Steve Winston | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog
1st October 2021 The Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland condemns the anti-Israel motion passed at the Labour Party Conference, proposed by Young Labour. This one-sided motion speaks of “the denial of the right to self-determination [of the Palestinian people]”, yet...
by Steve Winston | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog
Read below the Zionist Federation’s statement following a recent campaign launched by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to reject the IHRA working definition on Antisemitism. 30th September 2021 The Zionist Federation of the UK and Ireland are concerned at the...
