ZF Statement on reactions to Amnesty’s “apartheid” report
The Zionist Federation is heartened by a broadly robust response to Amnesty International’s biased and antisemitic report on Israel which was published earlier this week. We are glad that so many have spoken out against it, and are grateful to partner organisations...
Zionist Federation Statement on Amnesty’s latest report
01.02.2022 The Zionist Federation condemns Amnesty International’s report focusing on Israel which was published earlier today. We have found it to be biased, hostile, and consistently applying unfair standards to Israel no other country is subjected to. We were...
Restructuring of the Zionist Federation
PRESS RELEASE 19th January 2021 Statement from Richard P Woolf, Acting Chair, Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland Since Paul Charney resigned as the Chair of The Zionist Federation of the UK and Ireland in May 2021, the lay leadership of the Zionist Federation has...
The Zionist Federation goes North
Earlier this week, the Zionist Federation's Executive Director Steve Winston, together with colleagues from the World Zionist Organisation UK (WZO UK) delegation, went on a whirlwind visit to the north of England, visiting Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool. The purpose...
Deconstructing Definitions of Apartheid that Delegitimise the Jewish State
This week, NGO Monitor, a globally recognised research institute promoting democratic values and good governance, responded, via a report, to the false accusations of 'apartheid' by NGOs like Human Rights Watch (HRW) and other proponents of the apartheid trope who...
Zionist Federation’s statement on UK’s abstention from anti-Israel UN resolution
3rd December 2021 The Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland notes the refusal of the UK to vote on a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday of this week, on Jerusalem. The resolution on Jerusalem refers to the Temple Mount solely by...
Zionist Federation statement on full proscription of Hamas
19th November 2021 The Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland welcomes the announcement of Home Secretary, Rt. Hon Priti Patel MP, that the political wing of Hamas will be proscribed along with its military wing, and her statement conflating both elements of the...
Zionist Federation statement on NC member’s comments about George Floyd’s murder
Statement concerning Mr Raymond Solomon 17th November 2021 The Zionist Federation of the UK and Ireland is disappointed to read of one of its National Council members, Raymond Solomon who, within the Federation represents the Manchester Zionist Central Council,...
Statement following Ambassador Hotovely’s attendance at event hosted by the LSE Student Union
10th November 2021 The Zionist Federation of the UK & Ireland is shocked and disappointed with the disgraceful show of intimidation with which Israel’s Ambassador to The Court of St James’s, Tzipi Hotovely, was met when she attended the London School of Economics...
The Zionist Federation’s Annual Balfour Lecture, 2021
The Zionist Federation of the UK and Ireland were delighted to host Ambassador Eitan Naeh, in conversation with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, for its annual Balfour Lecture which took place online on 28th October 2021, marking the almost 104th anniversary of the Balfour...
An evening with Her Excellency, Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely
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...
Zionist Federation statement on Antisemitism in Ireland
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...
The Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland criticises Irish author, Sally Rooney
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 refusal to...
Zionist Federation condemns Young Labour’s anti-Israel Labour Party Conference motion
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...
Zionist Federation’s Statement on PSC’s ‘Reject IHRA’ campaign
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...
