“’Kol Hakavod’ – I’m filled with admiration of all you achieve.” – Flora Selwyn

“Fabulous work –  well done to you all” – Martin Sugarman

“What a fantastic year! Your legal approach to the anti-Israel activity, conducted so skilfully, has achieved a huge number of gains which would not have been made by other means. I am delighted to be associated with UKLFI – however obliquely!” – Tim Friedman

“congrats, and strength to your arm” – Daniel Leon

“I would like to congratulate you on the amazing achievements you have made in 2018. This list of actions and successes which I received, is nothing short of amazing.” – Jonathan Taylor

Successes in 2018

“Massive respect for UKLFI – the ‘UK’ bit is important to us here north of the Border, which other organisations seem to forget about. Sincere thanks on behalf of Confederation of Friends of Israel – Scotland” – Nigel Goodrich

COFIS

“Thanks for the great work!” – Paul Gross

“Kol Ha-kavod.  This is a great list of practical achievements.  You are making a difference” – Alec Burnside

“I am so impressed by your accomplishments, I don’t know what to say… all this work that you’ve done.” – Pieter Hoogendoorn, The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation

“Some brilliant and effective work. Keep it up!” – Lawrence Ryz

“These successes are simply amazing. You’re doing the work of an army! Kol hakavod to everyone involved.” – Andrea Frankenthal

 

UKLFI’s successes in 2018

Rejection by FIFA’s Council of the Palestinian attempt to have the Israeli Football Association suspended, November 2017

“Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together!” – Stanley Grossman

“Congrats UKLfI with this result” – Pieter Hoogendoorn, ICTJP

“Thank you for this. Indeed great success” – Adir Bar Yohanan

“Fantastic well done” – Herzl Hamburger

“Congratulations! Thank you for all your dedicated work” – Lucille Cohen

“This is just so impressive and important to have succeeded. A huge thank you to all of you involved. Well done” – Danny Preiskel

 

FIFA

Saudi Badminton players and coach suspended for refusing to play against an Israeli

“Good work” – David Elsby

“Well done and thanks!” – Michelle Moshelian

Saudi Badminton Players

“Awesome work Jonathan” – David Collier

“Brilliant work Jonathan.” – Harvey Garfield

Seret Film Festival

BDS resolution of Dublin City Council

“absolutely fantastic. great job. Thank you. The legal route is hard to oppose.” – Pam Kay

Dublin City Council

BDS resolutions of Mid-Ulster and Fermanagh Councils

“It’s an excellent letter and I’m very grateful for your work on this” – Steven Jaffe, Northern Ireland Friends of Israel

“Brilliant letter Jonathan” – Daniel Berke

Mid-Ulster and Fermanagh Councils

Tesco remedies omission of Israel on website

Thank you very much for your help and advice.” – Shalom Kupperman

 

Tesco’s Omission of Israel

“The Israeli Association of United Architects, on behalf of the architects in Israel, wishes to extend deep thanks to you for all of your efforts and your important work in helping to thwart the mission of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to suspend the IAUA’s membership in the International Union of Architects-UIA.” – Prof. Arch. Baruch Baruch, President IAUA and Arch. Yitzhak Lipovetzky-Lir, IAUA International Relations

Israeli Association of United Architects

“I want to first and foremost thank you for all your help. Thank you for taking the time to help us and draft letters for us. You have been fantastic and we could never thank you enough … Once again, please know your work does not go unappreciated. As aforementioned, we are in your debt and we could never thank you enough.” – Moselle Paz Solis, student at SOAS

SOAS

“This is a brilliant outcome, and on behalf of IES and everyone at Edinburgh who has worked to oppose this, I’d thank all of you for your help. … Finally, a very special mention to you, Jonathan: thank you and mazel tov! Your legal expertise got us the outcome we had hoped for.” – Theo Robertson-Bonds, Chair, Edinburgh University Israel Engagement Society

Edinburgh University

“Special thanks to Jacob Turner (referred to by UK Lawyers for Israel) for his excellent consultation and editing work.” – Adv Calev Myers, Jerusalem Institute of Justice

Jerusalem Institute of Justice

“The advice and support that all the lawyers at UKLFI have offered particularly to the advocacy groups has been fantastic. These people and all associated with UKLFI are truly some of our community’s unsung heroes” – Fiona Sharpe, Sussex Friends of Israel

Sussex Friends of Israel

“I have to thank you again. I don’t think we thanked you enough. This event really did happen thanks to you and Liora and I are very grateful for that. We definitely feel the night was a success overall and you played a major part in that.” – Sammy Hakimian, Co-President of UCL Friends of Israel Society

UCL Friends of Israel

“Thank you so much. This has been a great help, all of the information is very useful. I have also talked to Stand With Us, who I know you work closely with, who have also given good advice” – Jess Shindler-Glass, University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia

“Thank you so much. I honestly don’t know what I would do without your assistance. This is really excellent.” – Tamara Berens, President, Kings College London, Israel Society

Kings College Israel Society

“I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all the help you have given me over the last year. Your input has been incredibly valuable and you have gone a long way towards easing my fears and worries.” – Anya Osen, student at Exeter University

Exeter University

“Genuinely hand on my heart without them [UK Lawyers for Israel] we would be lost.” – Barry Williams, Irish4Israel

 

Irish4Israel

“We are so fortunate to have such a dedicated band of people in UK Lawyers for Israel and the speed of their responses when they are asked for their help and the amount of time and effort they put into helping us and the community is truly remarkable” – Joy Wolfe, Trustee of StandWithUs UK

Trustee of StandWithUs UK

“Thank you both so much for your extraordinary contribution – both to the last few days events – but also given that these sorts of crises clearly seems de rigueur for you both and the work of UKLFI. Your advice and judgement throughout has been invaluable.” – Jo Rosenfelder, Jewish Leadership Council

Jewish Leadership Council

“Thank you all for your help with this issue, especially to Jonathan Turner from UKLFI and Adam Levin, for working around the clock to assist us. Much appreciated!” – Tamir Oren, Executive Director, StandWithUs UK

StandWithUs

“I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all your help.” – Eliana Friend, President of Israel Society, City University of London

City University

“I’m eternally grateful to UK Lawyers for Israel who have defended me against false harassment allegations made to the police for merely filming hardened anti-Israel protestors” – Richard Millett, blogger, quoted in Jewish Chronicle, 21 September 2018

Richard Millett, Blogger

“I am very pleased I do not need to fight a lengthy legal battle and so thankful for your advice and help. The importance of your organisation cannot be overstated.” – a person whose appointment was barred on security grounds because of his support for Israel at university; the bar was overturned with UKLFI’s assistance.

University Employee