Expedia, Booking.com and Trip Advisor urged to ignore boycott call
UKLFI has urged travel companies to ignore Amnesty International’s calls for them to boycott Israeli businesses in areas administered by Israel. UKLFI has written to Expedia.com, Booking.com and TripAdvisor, pointing out that · Amnesty International has a record of prejudice against Israel of which this campaign is a further example.
Justice Elyakim Rubinstein to speak on Current Legal Issues facing Israel
UKLFI Charitable Trust is delighted to announce that Justice Elyakim Rubinstein will be giving a breakfast talk on Current Legal Issues Facing Israel followed by a Q and A In Central London At 8.30am on Monday 25 February 2019. Justice Rubinstein has had a fascinating legal career: He was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court
Anti-Israel Human Rights barrister reported to Bar Standards Board
The Bar Standards Board is investigating a complaint regarding the disgraceful conduct of Simone O’Broin (aka Simone Burns) , an unregistered barrister, on an Air India Flight from Mumbai to Heathrow. Sam Green, a director of UKLFI, has submitted the complaint. Simone O’Broin is a UK trained International Lawyer who
Illegal suppression of freedom of speech for Israelis at City University, London
UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has warned City University London that it acted illegally in failing to take steps to secure a meeting of its Israel Society to be addressed by Israel’s Ambassador, Mark Regev, and by refusing permission for a meeting of its Jewish Society to be addressed by
ICC misleads about the “Situation in Palestine”
UKLFI has written to Peter Lewis, Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to complain about the wording in the “Situation in Palestine” page of the ICC website. The website wrongly implies that the ICC has already decided that it has jurisdiction in “Palestine”, that there is an occupied Palestinian
Interpal caught infringing copyright
Interpal has taken down part of a video that infringed the copyright of UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). The video, entitled “How will you cheque on Palestine?”, encouraged donations to Interpal by cheque, standing order or cash. Interpal produced the video after their credit card donation facilities were withdrawn in
Lord Carlile to speak on Counter-Terrorism Legislation
Lord Carlile CBE QC is to give a talk on Counter-Terrorism Legislation in a Democratic Society on Thursday 22 November 2018 in Central London. Lord Carlile was the British Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation from 2001 to 2011, and the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland
Momentum removes libellous Facebook post
Momentum has removed a Facebook post which falsely accused the organisation “Eye on Antisemitism” of supporting Britain First, a far right wing group. The Corbyn supporting Redbridge Momentum Group and Jewish Voice for Labour held a joint meeting on 4 October 2018 advertised as “Labour, Britain’s Jews and Antisemitism —
War on Want loses Paypal facility
Paypal has stopped providing services to the UK Charity War on Want. This follows UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) pointing out to Paypal that War on Want appeared to have close links to a terrorist organisation, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). UK Lawyers for Israel and
Kuwait Airways pays damages to Israeli after refusing her a ticket
Kuwait Airways has agreed to pay substantial damages plus costs to an Israeli National who was refused a ticket on a Kuwait Airways flight from London to Bangkok on the grounds of her nationality. Mandy Blumenthal, with the help of UK Lawyers for Israel, issued a claim against Kuwait Airways,
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