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Mar 05 2021

IDF International Spokesperson briefs MPs and Lords on Iranian threat

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March 05 2021, 10:27

This week, CFI hosted an online briefing for Conservative parliamentarians with Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, International Spokesperson and Head of International Public Affairs of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The... Read more

Mar 04 2021

Palestinian Authority admits it gave Covid-19 vaccine to Government officials and footballers

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March 04 2021, 19:53

The Palestinian Authority has confirmed that batches of the first Covid-19 vaccines it received did not go to Palestinian healthcare workers as pledged but were instead allocated to government officials,... Read more

Mar 03 2021

CFI: UK Government “cannot afford to allow ICC decision to go unchallenged”

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March 03 2021, 21:20

CFI has called on the UK Government to “go further” and “challenge” the International Criminal Court’s controversial announcement of an investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel. In a letter... Read more

Feb 26 2021

Israel shares vaccines with other countries, over half of Israelis vaccinated with first dose

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February 26 2021, 16:20

Israel’s world-leading vaccination programme continues apace with more than half of the country’s population (53.7%) having received their first dose, as the country begins to share vaccines with countries around... Read more

Feb 26 2021

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman calls for IRGC proscription

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February 26 2021, 16:09

Today, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat MBE MP, urged the UK to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and take a leading role in negotiating... Read more

Feb 26 2021

US airstrikes targets Iranian-backed militia in Syria

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February 26 2021, 16:08

The United States carried out airstrikes yesterday which targeted Iranian-backed militia groups near the Iraqi border in eastern Syria. The airstrikes were the first military actions undertaken by the Biden... Read more

Feb 26 2021

Israeli-owned cargo ship hit by explosion in Gulf of Oman

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February 26 2021, 15:31

An Israeli-owned cargo ship has been rocked by an explosion today in the Gulf of Oman as speculation grows that Iran may have been behind the incident. No injuries have... Read more

Feb 26 2021

CFI Parliamentary Chairman: “No realm of public life has escaped the cancer of antisemitism”

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February 26 2021, 15:13

Speaking at the Combat Antisemitism Movement annual meeting, CFI Parliamentary Chairman (Lords) Rt. Hon. The Lord Pickles said that “no realm of public life has escaped the cancer of antisemitism... Read more

Feb 26 2021

Conservative MPs urge Bristol University to take action to protect Jewish students

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February 26 2021, 14:22

This week, CFI Parliamentary Chairman (Commons) Rt. Hon. Stephen Crabb MP wrote to Bristol University Vice-Chancellor Professor Hugh Brady expressing concerns that the University had failed to act after reports... Read more