UKLFI warns over proposed settlement trade ban

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has warned the UK Government that introducing a ban on trade between the UK and Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and the West Bank would breach several binding international obligations. The UK Government is actively considering banning trade in goods and services between the UK

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Al Jazeera news feed removed from government emergency-planning platform after UKLFI complaint

A news feed of the Qatari media organisation, Al Jazeera, has been removed from a UK government emergency-planning platform following a complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI).   The feed had appeared prominently on the West Midlands Local Resilience Forum’s section of Resilience Direct, which is a secure UK

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DVLA Urged to Review “Shoah” Number Plate

The DVLA has been asked to investigate a personalised number plate that appears to reference the Holocaust. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has written to the licensing authority requesting a review of the registration “5H04 AAH”, which can be read as “Shoah” using the letter-number substitutions commonly employed on personalised

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Cabinet Office under fire for allowing Al Jazeera News Feed on Government Emergency Platform

A government linked emergency planning platform, “Resilience Direct”,  prominently features a continuous Al Jazeera news feed, spreading anti-Israel and anti-Western propaganda to all users of the service. Resilience Direct is a secure national platform run and funded by the Cabinet Office, which is used by emergency responders, local authorities, police

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Electoral Commission Requested to Act Over Alleged Racist and Antisemitic Conduct by Local Election Candidates

  UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI)  has written to the Electoral Commission raising serious concerns about a number of candidates who stood in the May 2026 local government elections and who allegedly published material that may amount to unlawful incitement to racial hatred. In a letter sent on 14 May

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UKLFI evidence published by Foreign Affairs Committee

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) made a written submission to the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, which has an ongoing inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. UKLFI’s submission has now been published. UKLFI’s submission points out that allegations against Israel based on incomplete or erroneous information and their consequences

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Legal Challenge to UK Government Ban on Arms Sales to Israel

The UK Government is facing a Judicial Review of its decision to suspend some arms export licences to Israel. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has sent a formal letter to the Government threatening legal action unless it cancels the decision to suspend around 30 licences for the export of arms

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