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| December 30, 2016
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UK lambastes Kerry for ‘focusing on settlements’ and ‘inappropriate’ attack on Israel’s gov’t

 

The British government takes an unprecedented step of criticizing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech for its hyperbolic focus on Israeli settlements and being otherwise, ‘inappropriate.’

By i24news

 

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s government strongly criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday, for being overly critical of Israeli settlements during his remarks yesterday on the Middle East peace process.

John Kerry - YouTube screenshot

John Kerry’s more than hour long tirade on settlements was based on falsehoods, distortions, omissions and false moral equivalencies, rendering it entirely one-sided, hence, unrealistic and an obstacle to peace. – YouTube screenshot

“We do not believe that the way to negotiate peace is by focusing on only one issue, in this case the construction of settlements, when clearly the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is so deeply complex,” said the spokesman. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2016
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UK follows US interpretation of ‘antisemitism’ in new pro-Israel policy

 

In following America’s lead, Britain’s new definition of antisemitism looks like the UK is returning to its overtly pro-Israel policies of years long gone.

By Tsvi Sadan

 

The love-hate relationship between the UK and Israel is well known.

One could dwell on the many setbacks of British policy toward the Jewish state. The 1937 partition plan proposed by the Peel Commission, the infamous 1939 White Paper that restricted Jewish immigration to mandatory Palestine, and the present anti-Israel vitriolic from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

These are sufficient examples of British hate toward the Israel.

But Britain has another side, the one that has produced the 1917 Balfour Declaration that proved foundational to the rebirth of the Jewish state. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2016
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Israel responds to Palestinian challenging UK on legality of Balfour Declaration

 

Israel’s Ambassador to the U.K. Mark Regev and former Director General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold will be attending a House of Commons event in defense of the historic Balfour Declaration, which is being challenged by the Palestinian leadership.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

Former Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold (pictured above) and Israeli Ambassador to the U.K. Mark Regev were expected to speak in the House of Commons on Tuesday at an event called “Refuting Balfour’s Detractors.” The event comes 99 years after British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour wrote his historic letter stating that his government views “with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2016
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Israeli NGO Thanks the UK for choosing Brexit

 

The Israeli NGO Regavim praises and congratulates the Brits for voting to leave the EU, who has for years conspired and engaged in covert, illegal interference in Israeli internal affairs, at a cost (waste) of hundreds of millions of Euros.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Regavim has offered its congratulations to the UK for voting in favor of leaving the European Union.

Regavim is  an NGO focused on “ensuring responsible, legal, accountable and environmentally friendly use of Israel’s national lands and the return of the rule of law to all areas and aspects of the land and its preservation.” It has strongly criticized the EU for funding illegal Palestinian construction. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2016
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UK PM Cameron: ‘Brexit’ would be bad for Israel, ‘we need to be in the room’

 

view videoWATCH: Prime Minister Cameron tells Jewish constituents the UK won’t be able to push back against anti-Israel sentiment in the EU if voters decide to leave this week.

By Ari Soffer

 

As the United Kingdom’s fateful referendum on whether to leave the European Union draws nearer, Prime Minister David Cameron is making his final push to convince voters to reject a “Brexit” – or British exit from the EU.

While the most prominent arguments for and against have centered on the economy, as well as questions of British sovereignty and the EU’s eye-watering (and expensive) bureaucracy, some within the Jewish community – particularly in Israel but also in the UK itself – have been weighing what a Brexit would mean for Israel. Continue Reading »

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| February 18, 2016
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Israel’s PM Netanyahu thanks Britain ‘for standing beside Mideast’s only democracy’

 

view videoBenjamin Netanyahu,“I’d like to give special mention to the British gov’t for its refusal to discriminate against Israel & Israelis.”

By HERB KEINON

 

Israel hailed a tough British move against boycotts announced on Wednesday as a welcome step in the fight against discrimination of the Jewish state, while the Palestine Liberation Organization said it perpetuated the tragedy that began when Britain issued the Balfour Declaration a century ago.

PM Netanyahu meets with British Cabinet Office Minister Matt H…Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with British Cabinet Office Minister Matt Hancock. Video: GPO

Posted by The Prime Minister of Israel on Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Visiting UK Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock, during a photo opportunity with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that “we are publishing new guidance for public authorities in the UK that makes clear that discriminating against members of the WTO (World Trade Organization), including Israel, is wrong and it is illegal and it must stop.” Continue Reading »

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| February 14, 2016
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#BDSfail: UK to ban public institutions from boycotting Israel

 

British gov’t taking steps to prevent discriminatory boycotts saying it stoked anti-Semitism & harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.
•New law will enable boycotters to be prosecuted in court.

By Ari Soffer

 

The British government is to announce measures aimed at preventing local councils, unions and other public institutions from launching boycotts against the State of Israel this week.

BDS activists (file) – Wikimedia Commons

Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock told The Times the new guidelines were important to prevent discriminatory boycotts against the Jewish state, which he said both stoked anti-Semitism and harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.

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| January 8, 2016
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Palestinian ‘incitement doll’ focus of British Parliamentary debate

 

Israel accused of using disproportionate force against Palestinian children throwing stones & calls to prepare a ‘black list’ of Israelis who detain & interrogate Palestinian children.
• Pro-Israel MK Andrew Percy displays a rock-throwing ‘incitement doll’ seized by Israel as an example of Palestinian inciting children to violence.

By Itamar Eichner & Yaniv Halili

 

The rock-throwing “incitement dolls” seized by Israel at Haifa port last month were at center stage of a British parliamentary debate Wednesday initiated by a Member of Parliament known for her hostility to Israel.

British MP Andrew Percy holding an “incitement doll”

Sarah Champion of the Labour Party called on the British government to prepare a “watchlist” of Israeli officials suspected of war crimes and investigate them when they come to the United Kingdom. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2015
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#BDSfail: Israel and Britain agree to expand scientific cooperation

 

British Ambassador to Israel, David Quarrey said, “The UK is proud that more Israeli students & scientists will now be working together with their British peers,” collaborating in bilateral programs.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

Hundreds of British and Israeli researchers will benefit from new bilateral programs announced by the British government during UK-Israel Science Day last week.

A woman holds a Union flag umbrella in front of the Big Ben clock tower (R) and the Houses of Parliament in London. – Photo: REUTERS

The Science, Technology and Space Ministry in Jerusalem announced on Monday that the NIS 1.5 million funding will enhance research in water, medicine, agriculture, nanotechnology and other sciences and increase the number of scientists from the two countries who work together; at present, hundreds of researchers are already collaborating in existing bilateral programs. Continue Reading »

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| September 6, 2015
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Arrest petition for Israel PM in UK hits target – but still worthless

 

Call to arrest Israeli PM over false accusations for anti-Israel PR receives over 100,000 signatures, but the British foreign office dismissed the petition, calling it “a PR exercise with no real meaning.”

By i24news

 

An online petition on the United Kingdom Parliament’s official website calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival in London over alleged war crimes has received more than 100,000 signatures, making the matter eligible for debate by lawmakers.

“Benjamin Netanyahu is to hold talks in London this September,” the petition reads. “Under international law he should be arrested for war crimes upon arrival in the UK for the massacre of over 2000 civilians in 2014.” Continue Reading »

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| April 11, 2014
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Britain’s Labor leader Miliband shows support for ‘the homeland of the Jewish people’

 

Grandson of Holocaust survivor who fled to Israel, visiting UK Labor leader Miliband says Jewish state is “a huge, huge success story.”

By NAAMA BARAK

 

 

UK Labor leader Ed Miliband arrived in Israel early Thursday for a three-day tour. On the same day he devoted an hour to answering wide-ranging questions from students and guests at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Britain's leader of the opposition Labour party Ed Miliband - Photo: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Britain’s leader of the opposition Labour party Ed Miliband – Photo: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

The session was friendly and informal, with the British opposition leader answering questions about his football preferences – a “long-suffering Leeds United fan” – and asking for details about felafel joints in London.

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| December 22, 2013
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US, UK used American satellites to eavesdropped & read emails of Israeli officials

 

 

Secret documents revealed by intelligence contractor Edward Snowden: The US & UK conducted a large scale operation in which they used satellite connections to intercept SMS and email communications between Israeli officials.

By Ynet

Intelligence and government officials in Israel have been looking since Friday into a report according to which the National Security Agency and Britain’s General Communications Headquarters (GHCQ) intercepted the email traffic of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert and then Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and later spied on the communications of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to a report from the German news website Der Spiegel, and similar reports from The New York Times and The Guardian, both agencies also targeted various Israel Foreign Ministry offices across the world. Continue Reading »

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| December 8, 2013
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RAF chopper makes emergency landing in West Bank – No casualties

 

IDF secured scene of chopper landing in Jordan Valley.

IDF spokeswoman denies report British military helicopter landed in minefield.

By REUTERS
 

 

JERUSALEM – A British military helicopter made an emergency landing on Sunday in the West Bank because of a “technical malfunction,” an IDF spokeswoman said.

A Black Hawk helicopter - File Photo: Reuters

A Black Hawk helicopter – File Photo: Reuters

There were no casualties in the incident on Sunday afternoon and IDF soldiers were “securing the scene,” she added.

Sky news website said the RAF helicopter had been en route from the Jordanian capital Amman to Cyprus when it was forced to land by engine failure. Continue Reading »

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| July 23, 2013
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Israeli President sends a hearty ‘Mazal Tov’ to Will & Kate

President Peres sends ‘Blue & White’ outfit ”With Love from Israel” to newborn baby boy.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

President Shimon Peres on Tuesday morning wished the British royal family a “hearty Mazal Tov” on the birth of a newborn son for Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and her husband Prince William.

President Peres gives royal new-born blue-and-white outift, July 23, 2013.

President Peres sent royal new-born blue-and-white outfit. The gift to the new baby with a special message embroidered on it – “From Israel with Love” July 23, 2013.- Photo: President’s Press Office

In a letter (left), Peres wrote: “On behalf of the State of Israel, I wish to express our tremendous joy at the birth of your child – a royal baby, born in the most democratic country in the world.”

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| July 17, 2013
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London-UAE cable car deal included an Israeli boycott

Israel is the only country that the Transport for London, 10-year partnership deal, subjected to a total boycott.

By JTA

 

London’s main transportation agency has come under fire for a deal with a United Arab Emirates-based company that excludes Israel from future business dealings.

File:Emirates Air Line towers 24 May 2012.jpg

The Emirates Air Line a.k.a. the Thames cable car – Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Transport for London signed a 10-year partnership deal with Emirates Air Line on the Thames cable car, which opened in June 2012 ahead of the London Olympics.

According to the 2011 contract, which was revealed by the online watchdog group MayorWatch through a Freedom of Information request, Transport for London agreed to abide by the UAE’s foreign policy in the deal.

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