BDS motion at Belfast City Council withdrawn
A proposed resolution of Belfast City Council to support BDS against Israel, which had been scheduled for debate on 1st July 2019, has now been withdrawn. This follows submissions made by UKLFI to Suzanne Wylie, Chief Executive of Belfast City Council, pointing out a string of reasons why such a
Territorial Jurisdiction of ICC disputed
Lawyers from leading London international criminal chambers 9 Bedford Row have submitted a communication to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), with support from The Lawfare Project, regarding the effect of issues around Palestinian statehood and Palestine’s territorial claim on the jurisdiction of the
Top lawyers make submission to ICC, warning of the unreliability of human rights reports
Leading lawyers have made a submission to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the challenges of relying on human reports when examining potential criminal cases. The submission was made by Dr Dov Jacobs of 9 Bedford Row, with support from UK Lawyers for
Friends of Al Aqsa pressed to curb BDS content at Palestine Expo
Friends of Al Aqsa (FOA) are under pressure to curb their advocacy of BDS at the forthcoming Palestine Expo exhibition at Olympia , or face possible cancellation of the event, following intervention by UK Lawyers for Israel. The German co-owners of Olympia London are now putting pressure on the exhibition
UK Charity, banned in Israel, is reported to Charity Commission
A UK charity, which has been banned in Israel, has been reported to the Charity Commission. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), a voluntary association of lawyers combatting anti-Israel and antisemitic activity, has submitted a complaint to the Charity Commission regarding Education Aid for Palestinians (EAP). EAP describes itself as “working to
GlobalGiving UK is pulled from DCI-P’s donations page
GlobalGiving UK has confirmed that Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) is not eligible to receive donations through its organisation. This follows representations by UK Lawyers for Israel, which pointed out the links between DCI-P and the terrorist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. DCI-P had advertised to
TSB disappears from IHRC website donations page
TSB bank details have disappeared from the “other ways to donate” page of the website of International Human Rights Commission (IHRC), organiser of the annual Al Quds Day march in London which has encouraged supporters to carry Hezbollah flags. The page had given donors the bank details of the related
Palestinian Return Centre, closely linked to Jeremy Corbyn, loses Paypal facility
Paypal is no longer working as a payment method on the Palestinian Return Centre’s website store. It is possible that the link to Paypal has been severed following UKLFI’s submissions to Paypal earlier this year. UKLFI pointed out that the PRC is designated as a terrorist organisation in Israel because
Irish Parliamentary Committee warned of damaging consequences of BDS Bill
The Ireland Israel Alliance has made a detailed submission to the Select Committee of the Irish Parliament for Foreign Affairs, which is scrutinising a Bill introduced by Senator Frances Black that would make it a criminal offence to supply goods or services produced wholly or partly by Israelis in the West Bank
UKLFI seeks correction of misleading statement in Bishop of Truro’s interim report on persecuted Christians
While commending the important work of recording the persecution of Christians around the world, UKLFI has urged reconsideration of a comment blaming “the Arab-Israeli Conflict” for the fall in the number of Palestinian Christians. Tintoretto: the Baptism of Christ The Bishop of Truro, the Right Rev Philip Mounstephen, has been