Conservative Friends of Israel is a UK Parliament based campaign group whose aims include strengthening business and political ties between Britain and Israel and promoting support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Israel recognised and secure within its borders and the establishment of a stable Palestinian state. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Proposals for a Palestinian state vary depending on ones views of Palestinian statehood, as well as various definitions of Palestine and Palestinian (see also State of Palestine). ...
In 2005 the Parliamentary Chairman was the Rt Hon James Arbuthnot, M.P., and the Parliamentary President is Baroness Shephard of Northwald. Vice chairmen were John Butterfill and James Clappison .Treasurer: Nick Hawkins; Secretary: David Amess and Chairman of CFI Europe was Timothy Kirkhope The Right Honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot (August 4, 1952) A British politician. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, PC (born January 22, 1940) is an British Conservative politician; she was the Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, and a former Secretary of State. ... Sir John Valentine Butterfill (born February 14, 1941) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... William James Clappison (born September 14, 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Hertsmere. ... Nicholas John Hawkins (born 27 March 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... David Anthony Andrew Amess (born March 26, 1952) is a British Member of Parliament for Southend West. ... Timothy John Robert Kirkhope (born April 29, 1945) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. ...
Labour Friends of Israel is a Westminister based pro-Israel lobby group working within the UK Labour Party. ... Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel is a British lobby group working to protect and promote Israeli interests through influence in the Liberal Democrat party. ...
External links
Conservative Friends of Israel -- Official site
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Labour Friends of Israel is a UK Parliament based campaign group promoting support within the British Labour Party for a strong bilateral relationship between Britain and Israel.
Labour Friends of Israel supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Israel recognised and secure within its borders and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state.
The Labour Friends of Israel is a distinct organisation to the Jewish Labour Movement, the affiliated Socialist Society and successor to the UK Poale Zion.
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