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Jan 26 2018

UK commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day

January 26 2018, 17:28

Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to do all in her power “to ensure we never forget where prejudice and hatred can lead”, in her message for Holocaust Memorial Day... Read more

Jan 26 2018

Poll reveals Britons support full Hezbollah ban by four to one

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January 26 2018, 17:05

An exclusive ComRes poll for the Jewish News this week found that Britons are four times more likely to support the proscription of Hezbollah’s political wing as to oppose it. In... Read more

Jan 26 2018

CFI Vice-Chairman calls on Council of Europe to support peaceful coexistence projects

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January 26 2018, 16:42

On Thursday, CFI Vice-Chairman, John Howell OBE MP, made a speech to the Council of Europe about what the Council could do to aid the peace process between Israel and... Read more

Jan 26 2018

Conservative MPs attend CFI briefing with Hen Mazzig

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January 26 2018, 16:29

This week MPs and parliamentary researchers attended a special briefing with Hen Mazzig, a writer and former humanitarian affairs officer in the IDF’s COGAT unit in the West Bank, where... Read more

Jan 26 2018

Conservative MPs call for proscription of Hezbollah in House of Commons debate

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January 26 2018, 16:16

Conservative MPs urged the Government to proscribe Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation in full, in a House of Commons debate on Thursday. MPs to speak included Chair of the Foreign... Read more

Jan 19 2018

CFI Vice-Chairman leads antisemitism debate on Holocaust Memorial Day

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January 19 2018, 18:23

CFI Vice-Chairman Andrew Percy MP paid tribute to Holocaust victims and survivors, praised the work of the Holocaust Education Trust and urged for politicians to call out hatred “whenever and... Read more

Jan 19 2018

Netanyahu and Modi hail “new era” in Israel-India ties

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January 19 2018, 17:38

In the first visit by an Israeli Prime Minister to India in 15 years, Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week signed nine agreements covering cooperation in... Read more

Jan 19 2018

DEFRA Minister confirms scope for increased agricultural cooperation with Israel after Brexit

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January 19 2018, 16:32

This week, George Eustice MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), confirmed that after leaving the European Union, the UK... Read more

Jan 19 2018

Conservative MPs raise concern on misuse of UK aid in DfID Qs

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January 19 2018, 16:09

In International Development Questions this week, Conservative MPs raised concerns about UK taxpayer money going to Palestinian prisoners convicted of terror offenses, and Palestinian schools named after terrorists. MP for... Read more