ZF Chair’s statement following the Mt. Meron tragedy
30th April 2021. Following the overnight tragedy where a stampede at a Lag Ba'Omer celebration at Israel's Mt. Meron has so far killed 44 and injured at least 150, ZF Chairman Paul Charney made this statement: "On behalf of the Zionist Federation of the UK and...
ZF Chair’s response to Human Rights Watch report
Statement from Paul Charney, Chair of the Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland 27.04.2021 Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) publication, “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution”, issued today, 27th April 2021, is simply the...
Lobbying Parliament: Challenging the UK’s Voting Record on Israel at the UN
On Wednesday 3rd March 2021, the Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland (ZF), in partnership with Christian Friends of Israel UK (CFI UK) held its first ever online Lobby Day for Israel, the theme of which was 'Challenging the UK's voting record on Israel at the UN....
Bristol University Professor calls for an end to Zionism
Statement by ZF Chairman Paul Charney on Bristol University Professor David Miller’s recent online comments 19.02.2021 In branding Zionism ‘the enemy’ and calling for its end, Bristol university’s Sociology professor David Miller has singled out the Jewish people by...
Educate for Peace: Stop Funding Incitement in the Palestinian Curriculum
On 11th February 2021, the Zionist Federation of UK and Ireland, in partnership with the Board of Deputies, Jewish Leadership Council and We Believe in Israel, held an event 'Educate for Peace: Stop Funding Incitement in the Palestinian Curriculum'. With guest...
ZF Statement on ICC with resources and articles
On 5 February 2021, Pre Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in a majority decision, ruled that the ICC is permitted to exercise jurisdiction over events occurring in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza Strip, thus de facto “green...
Statement from the ZF’s Attorney
Statement by Julian Hunt, Attorney to the Zionist Federation February 5th, 2021 This statement follows a Tweet by Na’amod : British Jews Against Occupation, on 1st February 2021. The Tweet is factually incorrect. I have the full support of the ZF board in writing this...
Israel, its vaccination programme and the smears
Over the past few weeks, the British and international media have published articles regarding Israel's roll-out of its vaccination programme. Many of those articles have praised Israel for the speed with which it managed to quickly vaccinate so many with the first...
When Two Sirs Don’t Get It Right
On the 20th January 2021, the Telegraph published a letter from Sir Nicholas Soames and Sir Alan Duncan regarding #Israel and the misguided assertion that it is illegally withholding the COVID19 vaccine from the Palestinians in the WestBank. You can read their letter...
The apartheid slur peddled by B’tselem
On the 12th January 2021, the Guardian published an op-ed in which the head of the anti-Israel NGO B’tselem asserts that “We are Israel’s largest human rights group – and we are calling this apartheid”. See following statement from ZF Chairman Paul Charney, some of...
Morocco joins the circle of the Abraham Accords
Yesterday, on the eve of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, another light was lit as Morocco agreed to normalise ties with Israel, making it the fourth Arab state to do so this year. ZF Chairman Paul Charney made the following statement: Morocco joins the circle...
Another Textbook, Another Victory!
Last month, it was brought to our attention that an AS and A-Level Geography textbook, published by Hodder Education, listed and referred to "Occupied Palestinian Territory" as a country. The textbook is “Cambridge International AS and A Level Geography second...
