Israel and the Coronavirus – a Roundup
The current situation On Wednesday of this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a raft of tougher measures against the Coronavirus which came into effect from 5 p.m.on 25th March 2020 for a seven-day period. The. measures include a prohibition on people...
Israel Elections Update
Last week, the Israeli government took the drastic action to close the Knesset building on the grounds of health and safety, as a number of MK’s had contracted the corona virus, a move which could comfortably be considered in line with the restrictions placed on all...
ZF postpones its annual fundraising dinner due to COVID-19
13.03.2020 Dear Supporters, It is with great regret that we at the Zionist Federation have had to take the difficult decision to cancel our Annual Dinner. Having taken advice and monitoring the situation closely, as I am sure you have been as well, the management and...
Westminster debates Palestinian textbook incitement
On Tuesday of this week, 10th March 2020, Jonathan Gullis, Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, led a parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall about the incitement, radicalisation and glorification of terror found throughout all grades of Palestinian Authority...
The ZF – CFI annual Lobby Day for Israel 2020
This week the ZF and Christian Friends of Israel (CFI) once again held their annual Lobby Day for Israel in Parliament. The theme of this year’s Lobby Day was the issue of incitement and glorification of terror in the Palestinian Authority’s school curriculum, and the...
Another Day, Another Textbook
This week, the Zionist Federation wrote to the publisher, Hodder Education, following the online exposure of what we can only describe as the most blatant and despicable example of anti-Zionist Antisemitism in one of their textbooks. Entitled 'Understanding History:...
The UNHRC Blacklist: Fight it with Facts
This week, the United Nations sank to a new low in its seemingly obsessive anti-Israel bias when the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a list of 112 companies and corporations that do business in Israeli settlements in Judea and...
As Simple as ABC: Anyone But Corbyn!
We are just one week away from what can arguably be deemed the most critical General Election of the last 70 years! Above all the other critical issues that face us is the A word. Antisemitism. Since Corbyn's election as Party leader in 2015, the Labour Party has been...
Commemorating the 1947 UN Partition Plan
This week, the ZF together with the WZO, brought Dr Uzi Rubin over to the UK from Israel to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the November 29th, 1947 UN Partition Plan at the Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue. Uzi Rubin was the founder and first Director of the...
Israel: The Reality – ZF Activists on Tour
This past week, a group of 17 activists participated in the ZF’s ‘Israel: The Reality’ tour covering central and southern Israel, accompanied by the ZF’s ever-wonderful Events Manager Dalia Hajioff, ZF Board member Jonny Taylor as well as professional tour guides and...
Hosting General Lord Dannatt at the ZF Annual Balfour Lecture 2019
PRESS RELEASE 01/11/2019 The Zionist Federation hosts General Lord Richard Dannatt at its Annual Balfour Lecture Last night, the Zionist Federation of the UK and Ireland hosted General Lord Richard Dannatt as principal speaker for its Annual Balfour Lecture at the...
Zionist Federation to host General Lord Richard Dannatt for its annual Balfour Lecture
The Zionist Federation is delighted to announce that General Lord Richard Dannatt will be addressing this year’s Annual Balfour Lecture on counter-terrorism, and addressing the relationship between Israel and Britain’s armed forces. General Lord Dannatt will be...
