This week the Zionist Federation was proud to host Fleur Hassan-Nahoum for a UK and Ireland speaking tour. Showing the ZF's commitment to being a truly national organisation the trip focused predominantly outside of London, and included Dublin, in the Republic of...

Earlier this week, in a television interview on Palestinian TV, Hamas Official Salah Al-Bardawil says that of the “62 people [who] were martyred, 50 of them were Hamas”. Salah Al-Bardawil is listed as a member of the “interior Relations Department” of the “Political...

Article written by Paul Charney, Chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland If you‘ve been keeping up with the Jewish news in the last few days, you might well have come away with the impression that our recent gala dinner was something of a...

The term start-up nation is now synonymous with Israel. Whilst it’s all very good and heart-warming to read about it, it’s even better to hear from those in the know about how Israel has made the desert bloom and been a light unto the nations. A small but...

PRESS RELEASE 06/09/2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   On Monday 4th September Save The Children released an article entitled “Gaza: 1 million children suffering in 'unliveable' conditions”. Zionist Federation Chairman, Paul Charney, said, “It is unacceptable and unhelpful...

It’s been an exciting few days for those interested in the Israel-Palestinian issue and in particular those who look towards a future of real and lasting peace. In fact, this snowballing of peace-building steps didn’t suddenly happen this week, but has...

I believe the children are our are future. Teach them well and let them lead the way For the past two weeks, ZF staff have been working in schools, Jewish and non-Jewish teaching about different aspects of Israel. Through these sessions over 200 school...

The ZF, supported by the Jewish News has launched a campaign to have the organisation Hezbollah proscribed in it's entirety by the British Government. Paul Charney, Chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland said, "The false distinction between...

Al Quds Day counter demonstration, Sunday 18 June 2017 In recent months, petitions have been launched to call for the annual Al Quds Day parade to be cancelled / banned, but despite these petitions having attracted thousands of signatures, as well as emails and...

In a first visit of an Israeli Diplomat to SOAS in over a decade, Ambassador Mark Regev was hosted by the Jewish Society for an academic discussion on the Middle East in conversation with Professor Eric Heinze from Queen Mary University. This event should have been an...

This week the Zionist Federation, along with Finchley Synagogue (Kinloss) had the pleasure of hosting Israel’s National Police spokesperson – Chief Inspector Micky Rosenfeld. Micky grew up in London before making Aliyah at the age of 15. Following 8 years of service...