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Nov 04 2016

New poll reveals increase in UK opposition to anti-Israel boycotts

November 04 2016, 14:09

A Populus opinion poll of how Britons view Israel, commissioned by BICOM, has revealed that more than half of respondents are against boycotting Israeli goods. The poll shows that 51%... Read more

Nov 04 2016

Israeli scientists acheive breakthrough in AIDS cure

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November 04 2016, 11:21

A drug to cure HIV and AIDS that has been developed by Israeli researchers from Hebrew University in Jerusalem is currently being tested at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot,... Read more

Nov 03 2016

International Trade Minister hails “strong and important” UK-Israel trade relationship

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November 03 2016, 18:09

In International Trade Questions today in the House of Commons, Minister Mark Garnier MP hailed the UK’s “strong and important” trading relationship with Israel, announcing that the Government is in discussions... Read more

Nov 02 2016

Cross-party Lords reject Baroness Tonge claims in letter to The Times

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November 02 2016, 18:14

In a letter published today in The Times newspaper, cross-party peers from the Britain Israel Peers Group Committee, including CFI Honorary President Lord Polak CBE, rejected the claim that anyone who... Read more

Nov 02 2016

Senior Israeli defence official Amos Gilad briefs Conservative MPs in Parliament

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November 02 2016, 17:21

One of Israel's most senior Israeli defence officials, Amos Gilad, addressed over 15 Conservative MPs at a lunch hosted by CFI in Parliament on Tuesday. Among those in attendance was... Read more

Nov 02 2016

Britain begins to mark 100th anniversary of Balfour Declaration

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November 02 2016, 13:13

Today marks the beginning of the year-long celebration of the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, which was instrumental in the creation of the State of Israel and one of the... Read more

Nov 01 2016

Universities Minister Jo Johnson MP expresses concern about “troubling incident” at UCL in response to letter from Sir Eric Pickles

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November 01 2016, 17:54

Universities Minister, Jo Johnson MP, has expressed his concern about the “troubling incident” at University College London (UCL) last week, emphasising that the Government “takes anti-Semitism extremely seriously”, in response... Read more

Nov 01 2016

Palestinian police officer wounds three IDF soldiers in shooting attack

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November 01 2016, 15:42

Three Israeli soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, when a Palestinian police officer opened fire on them at a checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday.... Read more

Oct 31 2016

PA official defends naming school after mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre

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October 31 2016, 11:47

A Palestinian Authority official, District Governor of Tulkarem, Issam Abu Bakr, has defended the naming of a West Bank school after one of the planners of the murders of the... Read more