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{{short description|British charity supporting the Israeli Jewish-Arab movement Standing Together}}

{{Infobox organization
| name              = UK Friends of Standing Together
| formation         = 
| type              = Registered charity
| headquarters      = United Kingdom
| website           = [https://ukfost.co.uk/ ukfost.co.uk]
}}

'''UK Friends of Standing Together''' (UKFOST) is a British charity established to support the work of [[Standing Together]], a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement in 'Israel' advocating for peace, equality, and social justice.

== Activities ==
UKFOST raises funds and awareness in the UK for Standing Together's campaigns against occupation, for equality, and for a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It maintains an active presence on social media through accounts such as @UK_FOST and @omdimbeyachadUK.
== Relations with BDS movement ==
The [[BDS National Committee]] has criticised [[Standing Together]] and its UK Friends, viewing the movement's approach as insufficiently confrontational toward Israeli policies. BDS advocates argue that Standing Together's emphasis on Jewish-Arab partnership within Israel and focus on internal social justice issues normalises the occupation and diverts attention from the need for full accountability, boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights.<ref name="BDS">[https://bdsmovement.net/standing-together-normalization BDS National Committee statement on Standing Together]</ref>
== Governance ==

=== Steering Group (2026) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Location
|-
| [[Debra Gold]] || Cambridge
|-
| [[Dylan Grossman]] || Glasgow
|-
| [[Jasr Kawkby]] || London
|-
| [[Rose Levinson]] || London
|-
| [[Mark Linford]] || Brighton
|-
| [[Josh Loo]] || Oxford
|-
| [[Caroline New]] || Bristol
|-
| [[Pete Radcliff]] || Notts
|-
| [[Daniel Randall]] || London
|-
| [[Matan Rosenstrauch]] || London
|-
| [[Jon Simons]] || Notts
|}

=== Parliamentary supporters ===
Founding Parliamentary supporters were [[Alex Sobel]] MP and [[Nadia Whittome]] MP.

As of June 2026, additional Parliamentary Friends of Standing Together include [[James Naish]] MP, [[Clive Lewis]] MP, [[Ellie Chowns]] MP, [[Adrian Ramsay]] MP, [[Simon Opher]] MP, and ex-MSP [[Humza Yousaf]].

== External links ==
* [https://ukfost.co.uk/ Official website]
* [https://x.com/UK_FOST Twitter/X]
* [https://x.com/omdimbeyachadUK Standing Together UK]

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Charities based in the United Kingdom|UK Friends of Standing Together]]
[[Category:British Jewish organisations|UK Friends of Standing Together]]
[[Category:Peace organizations|UK Friends of Standing Together]]