Nintendo Splatoon Game hit with anti-Israel Graffiti
A child playing the video game, Nintendo Splatoon 2, was shocked to see an anti-Israel expletive written in graffiti on a wall in the background of the game. Splatoon is a game where “Inklings” splat ink and claim territory in a 4 player shooting game. The game has an Entertainment
ICC’s error calls into question jurisdiction in “Palestine”
UK Lawyers for Israel has published a paper pointing out some factual errors in the Decision of the majority of the court in the Prosecutor’s request for a ruling on the ICC’s territorial jurisdiction in Palestine. The paper, by Jonathan Turner, chief executive of UKLFI, deals with whether Palestine’s instrument
BBC suspends videos about Israel and Palestine following accusation of indoctrination
The BBC has suspended a series of “Bitesize” videos about Israel and Palestine from its website. These videos formed part of BBC Education’s content, aimed at schoolchildren, and designed to be used in schools. This follows a complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel, which described the videos as unbalanced and
Princess Diana, Coverage of Israel and the Balen Report
Lord Dyson’s report on Martin Bashir’s famous interview with Princess Diana has prompted calls to overhaul the handling of complaints about the BBC and for the publication of the Balen Report. Lord Dyson’s recent report on the methods used by BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, to secure his 1995 interview of
USA Rejects Durban Conference Commemoration
UK Lawyers for Israel welcomes the clear decision made by the US government in rejecting the UN’s call to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the antisemitic Durban conference. The World Conference against Racism held in Durban in 2001 was notorious for the efforts made to treat Zionism as racism. The UN
UK Government Opposes ICC’s Investigation in Palestine
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that the UK Government opposes the International Criminal Court’s investigation of alleged war crimes in Palestine. In a letter to Conservative supporters of Israel in the British Houses of Parliament of 9 April 2021, the Prime Minister states: “We do not accept that
Attempt to promote BDS by the backdoor barred at Warwick Uni
An attempt to promote a discriminatory divestment policy targeting Israel, by including special provisions in a general resolution to divest from unethical industries, has been barred as a result of action taken by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). The motion was titled “Warwick University to fully divest from all unethical
New Zealand Fund Decision to Divest from Israeli Banks Breaches Legal Requirements
The Guardians of New Zealand’s Superannuation Fund have recently decided to divest from Israeli banks in apparent breach of legal requirements. The Superannuation Fund, known as the Super Fund, was set up in 2001 to secure funding for universal pensions for New Zealand’s aging population with a fair sharing of
Welsh Government to replace Boycott Proposal with Wellbeing Guidelines
The Welsh Government appears to have dropped a proposal to advise Welsh public authorities to exclude from public tenders any company that conducts business with occupied territories, following UKLFI’s warning last August that this would be illegal. The Welsh Government now says it will take “a more strategic and long
City University removes defamatory reference to UKLFI
City University Students Union has removed a defamatory reference to UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) that formed part of the argument on its website for the University to reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism. A referendum is currently being held of the City University students on “should the university reject