Sep 25 2024
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B’rith B’rith UK condemns new Amnesty report
B’rith B’rith UK condemns in the strongest terms the recent report produced by Amnesty International UK on ‘Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians’. Israel is a vibrant and pluralistic democracy guided by the rule of law and one whose founding principles reject[...]
read moreBBC response to complaint over coverage of Chanukah attack in London
The BIA has received a response to its complaint to the BBC from the Head of the Executive Complaints Unit (ECU). We are reviewing the response and will decide on further action. Attached to the letter was the ECU’s report[...]
read moreBureau of International Affairs meets with French Embassy
Members of the Bureau had a meeting on 27 January with Ministre Conseiller/ Deputy Head of Mission Gerrit van Rossum of the French embassy (second from left). The BIA discussed the alarming fall out from the failure to put Sarah[...]
read moreBIA statement on Afghanistan
By Jeremy Havardi, 19 August 2021 B’nai B’rith UK is deeply alarmed at the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the subsequent victory of the Taliban. As a human rights organisation, we believe that the cause of human rights, political freedom, gender equality[...]
read moreBBUK Letter to the Polish Ambassador re the restitution law just signed by President Duda
By Jeremy Havardi, 18 August 2021 Your Excellency You will be aware that in our visits to your embassy, we have raised with you the subject of Holocaust restitution on many occasions, explaining its importance to Jews worldwide. We[...]
read moreBBUK condemns Ben and Jerry’s decision to stop selling in ‘the Occupied Palestinian Territory’
By Jeremy Havardi B’nai B’rith UK condemns in the strongest terms the recent decision of Ben and Jerry’s to stop selling their ice cream products in ‘the Occupied Palestinian Territory’. The move will do nothing to advance peace and mutual[...]
read moreB’nai B’rith UK congratulates Isaac Herzog
By Jeremy Havardi B’nai B’rith UK would like to offer its warmest congratulations to Isaac Herzog on his election as the 11th President of Israel. During his long and distinguished political career, he has shown a deep commitment to Israel’s[...]
read moreBBUK condemns terror against Israelis
By Jeremy Havardi B’nai B’rith UK would like to roundly condemn the latest in a long line of Hamas attacks against Israel’s civilian population. Within the last 24 hours, terrorists have fired hundreds of rockets at Israeli communities, causing two[...]
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