Tag Archives: Advocacy
BBUK statement on Ukraine – 24 February 2022
By BBUK In Advocacy, Bureau of International Affairs, Ukraine On 24 February 2022 B’nai B’rith UK denounces the unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine by the forces of the Russian Federation. It is clear that this attack is a grave violation of international law and a fundamental breach of peace and security in Europe. Read more » »
BBUK Ukraine Crisis Appeal – please help
By BBUK In Advocacy, Appeals, Kyiv Project On 24 February 2022 To our supporters For many years B’nai B’rith has been involved with our Jewish brethren in Ukraine. In Kyiv, helping to feed the elderly and providing them with medicines has been a mainstay for these very poor people. Read more » »
B’rith B’rith UK condemns new Amnesty report
By BBUK In Advocacy, Israel, Palestinians, Statements On 2 February 2022 B’rith B’rith UK condemns in the strongest terms the recent report produced by Amnesty International UK on ‘Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians’. Read more »
BBC response to complaint over coverage of Chanukah attack in London
By BBUK In Advocacy, Bureau of International Affairs, Statements On 28 January 2022 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. Read more » »
Bureau of International Affairs meets with French Embassy
By BBUK In Advocacy, Bureau of International Affairs, Statements On 28 January 2022 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). Read more » »
Bureau of International Affairs meets with Ambassador of Senegal
By BBUK In Advocacy, News On 20 January 2022 Members of the BBUK Bureau had an online meeting on 20 January with HE Dr. Fatimata Dia, the Ambassador of Senegal to the UK. Read more »
CEO and Dir. of U.N. Affairs Op-ed in Newsweek: Holocaust Comparisons Are Holocaust Denial. It Has to Stop.
Newsweek published an op-ed by B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin and Director of U.N. and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels urging members of Congress and all others to stop trivializing the Holocaust to score cheap political points. Read in Newsweek The Holocaust is once again being trivialized in the name of the politics. Read more » »
BBUK represented at CAA protest rally outside Broadcasting House
By BBUK In Advocacy, News On 14 December 2021 Last night, Jeremy Havardi represented B’nai B’rith UK at the protest rally organised by Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) outside Broadcasting House in London. Read more »
London Bureau of International Affairs met to discuss Poland, 7 December 2021
By BBUK In Advocacy, Bureau of International Affairs On 7 December 2021 Jeremy Havardi and Tony Swabe of the Bureau for International Affairs had a meeting in London today with the recently appointed Polish Foreign Minister’s Plenipotentiary for Contacts with the Jewish Diaspora, Jaroslaw Nowak, and two of his colleagues. Read more » »
BIA statement on Afghanistan
By BBUK In Advocacy, Statements On 19 August 2021 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. Read more »
