General Zionist Organisation of Great Britain

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The General Zionists were the forerunners of todays supporters of Likud in the UK. According to the WZO the Confederation of Zionists is a 'modern day equivalent' of the General Zionist movement.[1]

These groups have been factional and vied over the names they would use.

One faction (the directors of which are David Berens, Robert Fraser, Martin Rankoff and Solomon Unsdorfer) has been known by the following names:

The other faction registered the company Herut UK in 2020 (Directors Damon Lenszner and Harry Saul Markham) after a 'relaunch' in 2018 at which Markham spoke along with David Collier, Mandy Blumenthal and her husband Mark Lewis.[2]

People

Circa 1981

President Michael Fidler | Chair A Stanton | Hon Secretary Y M Stanton[3]

Circa 1982

President Michael Fidler | Chair A Stanton | Hon Secretary Y M Stanton[4]

Circa 1983

President Michael Fidler | Chair A Stanton | Hon Secretary Y M Stanton[5]

Circa 1989

President Michael Fidler | Chair A Stanton | Treasurer J Chart | Hon Secretary Y M Stanton[6]

Circa 1992

President Fredman Ashe Lincoln | Chair A Stanton | Treasurer J Chart | Hon Secretary Y M Stanton[7]

Notes

  1. WZO World Confederation.
  2. Jenni Frazer More than 70 attend re-launch of UK Zionist group Jewish News, February 19, 2018.
  3. Michael Wallach (Ed.) The Jewish Year Book, 1981, London: Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1981, p. 59.
  4. Michael Wallach (Ed.) The Jewish Year Book, 1982, London: Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1982, p. 59.
  5. Michael Wallach (Ed.) The Jewish Year Book, 1983, London: Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1983, p. 59.
  6. Roger Japhet (Ed.) The Jewish Year Book, 1989, London: Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1989, p. 61.
  7. Stephen Massil (Ed.) The Jewish Year Book, 1992, London: Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1992, p. 65.