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Dec 03 2021

Prime Minister Johnson and Israel’s Foreign Minister Lapid light menorah at No 10 for Chanukah

December 03 2021, 15:04

By Ben Shread / Cabinet Office After CFI's Annual Business Lunch on Monday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson lit a menorah at Downing Street to mark the second night of Chanukah. The... Read more

Dec 03 2021

UK and Israel sign Memorandum of Understanding, unveil 10 year trade and defence plan

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December 03 2021, 14:58

motion centre / Shutterstock.com Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday morning signed a joint memorandum of understanding to elevate the UK-Israel relationship to a... Read more

Dec 01 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid celebrate UK-Israel friendship at CFI Annual Business Lunch

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December 01 2021, 12:52

Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrated the UK-Israel partnership, underlining "all my life I have been a defender and a supporter of Israel", at CFI's first Annual Business Lunch since 2018... Read more

Nov 26 2021

Prime Minister Johnson welcomes Israel’s President Herzog to 10 Downing Street

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November 26 2021, 17:15

Boris Johnson / Twitter.com Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week welcomed President of Israel Isaac Herzog to Downing Street, as he made his first visit to the UK as President.... Read more

Nov 26 2021

UK officially proscribes Hamas in full

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November 26 2021, 16:48

Parliament.tv The Islamist Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas has today become a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK in its entirety, following Parliament’s approval of an Order which was laid in... Read more

Nov 19 2021

CFI welcomes Home Secretary Priti Patel’s decision to proscribe Hamas in full

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November 19 2021, 17:38

Gov.uk Home Secretary Priti Patel has today announced that the UK will proscribe Hamas as a terrorist organisation in its entirety, confirming that the UK “can no longer disaggregate” the... Read more

Nov 19 2021

Israel and UAE launch free trade agreement talks as bilateral trade rises

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November 19 2021, 06:03

Leonid Altman / Shutterstock.com Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched talks to establish a free trade agreement between the two countries, Israel's Economy Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. Economy... Read more

Nov 19 2021

Attorney General Suella Braverman MP celebrates British Asian and Jewish business ties

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November 19 2021, 06:02

Speaking at the Asian-Jewish Business Network’s (AJBN) flagship event at the Lord's Cricket Ground on Monday, Attorney General Rt. Hon. Suella Braverman MP predicted that the British Jewish and Indian... Read more

Nov 19 2021

Home Secretary Priti Patel: There will be “no exceptions” in the fight against Antisemitism

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November 19 2021, 05:59

Priti Patel / Twitter.com Home Secretary Priti Patel this week told a Community Security Trust (CST) lunch event that “our whole national fabric is diminished” if the UK’s Jewish community... Read more