Webinar: Uti Possidetis Juris and Israel
UKLFI Charitable Trust invites you to a webinar on UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS AND ISRAEL with Natasha Hausdorff and Dr Ariel Zemach, chaired by Daniel Berke. It will take place on Monday, 5 January 2026 at 5pm UK time (7pm Israel, 6pm Europe, 12.00 US East Coast). Uti Possidetis Juris is
Legality of Irish PIGs Bill Challenged by UKLFI and IIA
Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA) and UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) have made a joint written submission to the Irish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee claiming that a new Bill proposed by the Irish government would contravene EU and WTO rules. Alan Shatter, former Minister of Justice, and Natasha Hausdorff will represent
Copenhagen University investigates Prof Kevin Heller over defamatory tweets
A professor of public international law is being investigated by Copenhagen University following a series of tweets that he made about UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). Prof. Heller, who is also a Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on War Crimes, an editor of the
Palestine Flag Badge at Manchester Airport
A Jewish passenger flying to Portugal from Manchester Airport was shocked to see one of the security staff wearing a Palestine flag badge while checking boarding passes. The passenger contacted UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), about this incident, which occurred at terminal 1 of Manchester Airport, on 26 August 2024.
UKLFI warns ICC Prosecutor that he is breaching professional rules
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been warned that he is breaching the Court’s rules and the Code of Conduct of the English Bar in his applications for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has written to the Prosecutor, Karim
International Criminal Court warned of “wholesale inaccuracy” of Prosecutor’s allegations against Israeli leaders
Every phrase of every sentence of a statement of the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor summarising his allegations against Netanyahu and Gallant is untrue, according to “observations” filed with the Court by prominent NGOs. Allegations of starvation and famine The Prosecutor is asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to order the
Leading NGOs to challenge ICC warrants for arrest of Netanyahu and Gallant
On 22 July 2024 the International Criminal Court accepted a request by four leading NGOs to file a challenge to the court’s jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants against Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), The International Legal Forum (ILF), B’nai
ICJ did not order Israel to cease military operation unconditionally in Rafah
The Order made by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today has been misinterpreted in many media reports. The ICJ did not make an Order requiring Israel to cease its military operation in Rafah unconditionally, as had been sought by South Africa. Instead, it ordered that: “The State of Israel
Commonwealth mediator may have breached UK Government funding agreement
The UK Government, which funds a Commonwealth network of Women Mediators, is alerting them to potential breaches of their funding agreement. The potential breaches relate to anti-Israel posts on social media by a senior mediator in the group which UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has drawn to the UK Government’s
ICJ President confirms it did not find there is a plausible case that Israel is committing genocide
The former President of the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”), has confirmed that the ICJ did not find there was a plausible case of genocide against Israel. Judge Joan Donoghue was President of the ICJ when it made its original Provisional Measures Order (“the Order”) in the case brought by