ZF Hosts Election Panel Event
This week, the ZF hosted a panel event on the Israeli elections which included representatives from the political right and left as well as expert analysis from the UK and Israel. The Panel included Meretz UK's acting Director Lawrence Joffe, Likud-Herut UK's chairman...
read moreCommander of Operation “Good Neighbour” to be Honoured by Zionist Federation
Book your tickets now at https://zionist.org.uk/event/zf-dinner/ Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Eyal Dror will be honoured by the Zionist Federation at our Annual Dinner on Sunday 24th February. LTC Dror led the Israeli Operation “Good Neighbour” which saved thousands of...
read moreIsrael sends emergency delegation to Brazil
Just 24 hours after disaster struck at the Córrego do Feijão dam in Southern Brazil. Following a phone conversation between Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, Israel and the IDF made preparations to send an urgent...
read moreCountdown star Rachel Riley speaks out against Malaysian ban and Antisemitism.
PRESS RELEASE 27/01/2019 For immediate release Rachel Riley, the incredible mathematician and co-presenter of Channel 4's Countdown and its comedy spin-off 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, speaks out ahead of the IPC decision to withdraw the Paralympic Swimming...
read moreZF and WZO conference on countering Antisemitism and the boycott of Israel.
This past weekend, the ZF partnered once again with the World Zionist Organisation to host its second conference on countering Antisemitism and the boycott of Israel. Held in North West London’s Danubius hotel, the conference was attended by over 120 delegates from...
read moreActivate for Israel seminar
Last Sunday, 2nd December 2018, the ZF, in partnership with We Believe in Israel, hosted its annual Activate for Israel seminar. Attended by over 100 activists, the audience heard from key voices such as Emanuel Miller who spoke about ethics in the IDF and Hen Mazzig,...
read moreZionist Federation holds 120th AGM
ZIONIST FEDERATION OF THE UK AND IRELAND PRESS RELEASE 03/12/2018 Zionist Federation holds 120th AGM At the Danubius Hotel in London’s Regents Park, the Zionist Federation held its latest Biennial conference, almost 120 years after the founding of the then...
read moreZF Israel trip: Israel – the reality
A little over 3 weeks ago, the ZF ran another of its activist trips to Israel. With most of the 30-strong delegation arriving at Ben Gurion airport in the early hours of a Sunday morning, a bus took them to Haifa where they spent the next two nights. For those who...
read moreBalfour 101
Last night the Zionist Federation were privileged and honoured to have hosted guest speaker, former Member of Knesset and political commentator Dr Einat Wilf, to deliver this year’s Balfour Lecture, marking 101 years since the signing of the Balfour Declaration. Held...
read moreAfricans for Peace: Challenging the anti-Israel rhetoric
This past week, the ZF, in partnership with the South African Zionist Federation, hosted two young South African men from Africans for Peace. Nkululeko Nkosi & Klaas Masilo Mokgomole are outspoken activists against the slur of “apartheid” as levelled against...
read moreReclaiming Zionism with Professor Gil Troy
The idea of “Zionism” is so often seen as a topic to be avoided, particularly on British university campuses. But the Zionist Federation have been, and always will be proud to use the “Z” word, bringing expertise, education and engagement to those who support the...
read moreCelebrating Herzog 100
This week the Zionist Federation of the UK and Ireland joined forces with the World Zionist Organisation’s UK delegation headed by Itzhak Sonnenschein, to celebrate the 100thanniversary of the birth of Israel’s 6thPresident, Chaim Herzog. Born in Belfast, and shortly...
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