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pro-Palestine activists state latest 'walkout' at Goldsmiths. Picture: Ella Smith/East London Lines
November 20, 2024, 1:43 pm
Anti-Israel activists condemned over protest at Goldsmiths co-existence event
Palestinian and Israeli speakers were targeted by hardline activists at Together for Humanity event
By Lee Harpin
Israeli right-wing Knesset members Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R) during a swearing-in ceremony for a new Israeli parliament
November 12, 2024, 9:57 am
Hundreds back Yachad campaign demanding UK govt sanctions Israeli far-right ministers
Campaign launched in response to 'extremist agenda' of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir in Gaza and the West Bank
By Lee Harpin
Hannah Weisfeld, left, and Alistair Burt, right, at Haaretz conference at JW3
October 27, 2024, 5:01 pm
‘Growing understanding’ by government UK Jews have broad views on Israel, conference told
Hannah Weisfeld, executive director of Yachad, appeared alongside former Tory minister Alistair Burt at a panel event at the Haaretz conference at JW3
By Lee Harpin
Yachad event at Labour conference
September 25, 2024, 8:59 am
Israeli security expert calls on UK to introduce new sanctions against West Bank settlers
Yehuda Shaul spoke at a packed Yachad fringe event at Labour conference in Liverpool
By Lee Harpin
Sir Simon Schama
July 26, 2024, 10:05 am
Hundreds sign letter calling on Board to denounce no Palestinian state stance
Simon Schama among those backing open letter calling for British Jewry's support for a two-state solution to be expressed
By Lee Harpin
Yachad chair Simon Sadie addresses the crowd at the annual fundraiser
June 5, 2024, 4:25 pm
Yachad fundraiser features moving call by Israeli and Palestinian speakers to stand together
Yachad chair Simon Sadie told over 200 guests at Yachad's annual fund-raising event that the path to reconciliation for Israelis and Palestinians was 'ever more challenging'
By Lee Harpin
SNP leader Humza Yousaf takes part in Yachad conversation event
April 16, 2024, 12:16 pm
SNP leader: We cannot allow a geo-political situation to divide our Jews and Muslims
Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf tells a Yachad event about attempts to prevent the conflict in Gaza from affecting relations between the communities in Scotland
By Lee Harpin
Russell Langer and Daniel Sugarman address parliamentary committee (pic Parliament TV)
September 6, 2023, 10:41 am
Board and JLC back government’s anti-boycott bill in front of parliamentary committee
Daniel Sugarman tells MPs the 'history of boycotts against Jews is a very painful one', while Russell Langer said the proposed anti-BDS bill 'will have a positive impact on communities here in the UK'
By Lee Harpin
Anti-overhaul activists block a road during a protest against the government’s judicial overhaul, near the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
July 25, 2023, 11:46 am
‘Deeply disappointed’: Board of Deputies and JLC react to judicial reform vote in Israel
British Jewish communal organisations "plead with Israeli leaders to return urgently to dialogue" following the passing of the "reasonableness law"
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jonathan Freedland, (left) Layla Moran and Michael Sfard at Yachad event
June 28, 2023, 11:39 am
Lib Dem’s Moran calls Gove’s anti-BDS legislation an ‘awful, awful, grubby bill’
Layla Moran was speaking at the Yachad organisation's fundraising event, alongside Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard, and the journalist and author Jonathan Freedland
By Lee Harpin
Visitors to Israel on a Birthright Trip
June 14, 2023, 1:56 pm
UJIA makes urgent ‘green line’ intervention to save Israel tour
The charity that supports tours for teens says it won’t back projects ‘over the Green Line’, the demarcation line set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Arab states
By Jenni Frazer
IDF soldiers run towards potential situation in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 2022
December 16, 2022, 1:19 pm
OPINION: Equality before the law in the West Bank is shockingly absent
Former Board of Deputies president Vivian Wineman reflects on the two-tier court system he witnessed during a recent visit to Area C in the disputed territories.
By Vivian Wineman
A road sign pointing to accommodation in Ariel, a West Bank settlement (Photo: Reuters)
August 30, 2022, 5:06 pm
OPINION: Birthright tours must never again spend the night beyond the Green Line
A young British Jewish campaigner explains why she opposed this summer's decision to take one tour to a West Bank settlement for three nights
By Dalia Blass
Bezalel Smotrich filmed himself in a car travelling 'between meetings' in North London on Wednesday night (Photo: Facebook)
February 9, 2022, 10:01 pm
‘Get back on the plane’: Board condemns London visit of far-right Israeli leader
UK Jewish groups distance themselves from Bezalel Smotrich after he said he was visiting to meet rabbis and community leaders
By Michael Daventry
Samuel Hayek
January 4, 2022, 3:03 pm
Letter signed by 46 deputies demands JNF UK chair resigns over Islamophobic comments
Motion calling on Board to cut ties with charity while Hayek remains chair tabled ahead of next plenary
By Lee Harpin
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