Conservative Friends of Israel
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Conservative Friends of Israel is a UK Parliament based campaign group whose aims include strengthening business, cultural 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.
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
According to their website, "over two thirds" of Conservative MPs were members of Conservative Friends of Israel in 2006.[1]
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[edit] CFI Annual Business Lunch
David Cameron, then newly elected leader of the Conservative Party, addressed the CFI annual Business Lunch on January 30, 2006. As part of his remarks, he stated "I am proud not just to be a Conservative, but a Conservative friend of Israel; and I am proud of the key role CFI plays within our Party. Israel is a democracy, a strong and proud democracy, in a region that is, we hope, making its first steps in that direction."[2]
Former Conservative party leaders Iain Duncan Smith[3] and Michael Howard[4] have also addressed the CFI Business Lunch.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Conservative Friends of Israel - About Us
- ^ CFI Annual Business Lunch, Informed (CFI Briefing), February 3, 2006
- ^ Duncan Smith: Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorists, Conservatives.com, December 10, 2001
- ^ Howard Speech to the Conservative Friends of Israel, at the Savoy Hotel, London, Conservatives.com, December 6, 2004
