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[[Scottish Friends of Israel]] is a Zionist group set up by the 'media response group' of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] in 2003. It's website was in existence until 2018,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180603210409/http://www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org/</ref> but since then has been defunct. It created a Facebook page in 2013 which in 2025 has 2.6K likes • 2.8K followers. The Facebook page is still active but seems to be used simply for posting news related to Zionist concerns.

==Timeline==

*2004 (August) - [[Stanley Grossman|STANLEY GROSSMAN]], of the [[Scottish Friends of Israel]] (Letters, July 30), says his organisation has been highly commended by, among others, the [[Board of Deputies]] and the [[Chief Rabbi's office]]. But not all of Scottish Jewry is impressed with the Scottish Friends of Israel. Some of us feel that the stereotyping to be found on their website could cause damage to the interests of Scottish Jewry. Letters to the press written in their name do not portray either Israel or the Glasgow Jewish community favourably and are just as extreme as the ugly letters written against Jews or Israel. Many of their letters are crass and insensitive and actually encourage anti-Semitic feeling rather than counter it. [[Tony Tankel|TONY TANKEL]], tony.tankel,@ntlworld.com.<ref>Letters, Jewish Chronicle 13 August 2004, p. 20.</ref>
*2004 (August) - SFI was originally set up under the auspices of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council|Glasgow's Jewish Representative Council]], and is still affiliated to it. However, the council has criticised the group's stance, and has stepped in to try to mediate in the dispute. "I would appeal to SFI to be true to their original promise to be a broadly based organisation representing all strands of pro-Israel opinion," Dr [[Kenneth Collins]], the council's president, told the JC, adding that he hoped the "offensive material" about [[Peace Now]] would be removed. However, SFI co-ordinator [[Mickey Green]] said that the article had been the subject of "an unfortunate misinterpretation. We are neither left nor right. We simply exist to present an alternative view [of the Middle East] to the general public."<ref>Web slur sparks Scottish spat, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 27 August 2004, p. 3</ref>

*2003 - "REDRESSING THE balance" is both the name and the aim of a website produced by [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]]'s mediaresponse group, jointly with the [[Scottish Friends of Israel]]. Site designer [[Raymond Mann]] said: "There is so much bias against Israel in the media that we in Scotland feel need to redress the balance." The site has some 30 pages and is linked to other relevant web pages. The site is at www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org.<ref>''Jewish Chronicle'', 5 September 2003, p. 7.</ref>

==People==
*[[Stanley Grossman]] | [[Myer Green]]

==Contact==
*Internet Archive holdings of [https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/scottishfriendsofisrael.org scottishfriendsofisrael.org]
* The group set up a Facebook page on 4 August 2013 [https://www.facebook.com/p/Scottish-Friends-of-Israel-100064717687341/ Scottish-Friends-of-Israel-100064717687341]
==Notes==

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 *2004 (September) - [[Myer Green|Mickey Green]], "co-ordinator, Scottish Friends of Israel", of Newton Mearns, rejected the ''Jewish Chronicle'''s report as a "grotesque and distorted misrepresentation", writing that the [[Yad Vashem]] image on the website "stands solely as a reminder of the raison d'etre for the existence of the State of Israel".<ref name="JC2004Sep3">Letters, "Here's tae us, wha's like us…", ''Jewish Chronicle'', 3 September 2004.</ref>
 *2004 (August) - [[Stanley Grossman|STANLEY GROSSMAN]], of the [[Scottish Friends of Israel]] (Letters, July 30), says his organisation has been highly commended by, among others, the [[Board of Deputies]] and the [[Chief Rabbi's office]]. But not all of Scottish Jewry is impressed with the Scottish Friends of Israel. Some of us feel that the stereotyping to be found on their website could cause damage to the interests of Scottish Jewry. Letters to the press written in their name do not portray either Israel or the Glasgow Jewish community favourably and are just as extreme as the ugly letters written against Jews or Israel. Many of their letters are crass and insensitive and actually encourage anti-Semitic feeling rather than counter it. [[Tony Tankel|TONY TANKEL]], tony.tankel,@ntlworld.com.<ref>Letters, Jewish Chronicle 13 August 2004, p. 20.</ref>
-*2004 (August) - SFI was originally set up under the auspices of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council|Glasgow's Jewish Representative Council]], and is still affiliated to it. However, the council has criticised the group's stance, and has stepped in to try to mediate in the dispute. "I would appeal to SFI to be true to their original promise to be a broadly based organisation representing all strands of pro-Israel opinion," Dr [[Kenneth Collins]], the council's president, told the JC, adding that he hoped the "offensive material" about [[Peace Now]] would be removed.  However, SFI co-ordinator [[Mickey Green]] said that the article had been the subject of "an unfortunate misinterpretation. We are neither left nor right. We simply exist to present an alternative view [of the Middle East] to the general public."<ref name="JC2004Aug27">Web slur sparks Scottish spat, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 27 August 2004, p. 3</ref>
+*2004 (August) - SFI was originally set up under the auspices of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council|Glasgow's Jewish Representative Council]], and is still affiliated to it. However, the council has criticised the group's stance, and has stepped in to try to mediate in the dispute. "I would appeal to SFI to be true to their original promise to be a broadly based organisation representing all strands of pro-Israel opinion," Dr [[Kenneth Collins]], the council's president, told the JC, adding that he hoped the "offensive material" about [[Peace Now]] would be removed.  However, SFI co-ordinator [[Myer Green|Mickey Green]] said that the article had been the subject of "an unfortunate misinterpretation. We are neither left nor right. We simply exist to present an alternative view [of the Middle East] to the general public."<ref name="JC2004Aug27">Web slur sparks Scottish spat, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 27 August 2004, p. 3</ref>
 *2004 (July) - In a letter, Stanley Grossman of SFI said the group had been commended by the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews|Board of Deputies]], the [[Embassy of Israel, London|Israeli Embassy]] and the Chief Rabbi's office, and that "We look forward to continuing our successful co-operation with [[Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre|Bicom]]".<ref name="JC2004Jul30">Stanley Grossman, "Media friends", letter, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 30 July 2004.</ref>

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 [[Scottish Friends of Israel]]  is a Zionist group set up by the 'media response group' of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] in 2003. It's website was in existence until 2018,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180603210409/http://www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org/</ref> but since then has been defunct. It created a Facebook page in 2013  which in 2025 has 2.6K likes • 2.8K followers. The Facebook page is still active but seems to be used simply for posting news related to Zionist concerns.
 [[File:Screenshot 2025-04-15 at 10.06.08.png|thumb|right|500px|The web page of the [[Scottish Friends of Israel]] in April 2004, from the [[Internet Archive]].]]
 ==Timeline==
 [[File:Screenshot 2025-04-15 at 11.57.05.png|thumb|right|350px|'Scottish Jews split on website', Jewish Chronicle, 19 November 2004.]]
-*2004 (November)
+*2023 (April) - On 1 April 2023 [[Stanley Grossman]], as "Hon Sec Scottish Friends of Israel", emailed venues about a speaking tour by [[Pete Gregson]], [[Yisroel Dovid Weiss]] and [[Azzam Tamimi]], asking that they "prohibit the use of your [venue] by Gregson and his colleagues". The email was "Copied to concerned MSPs and local authority councillors".<ref name="SFI2023" />
 *2004 (August) - [[Stanley Grossman|STANLEY GROSSMAN]], of the [[Scottish Friends of Israel]] (Letters, July 30), says his organisation has been highly commended by, among others, the [[Board of Deputies]] and the [[Chief Rabbi's office]]. But not all of Scottish Jewry is impressed with the Scottish Friends of Israel. Some of us feel that the stereotyping to be found on their website could cause damage to the interests of Scottish Jewry. Letters to the press written in their name do not portray either Israel or the Glasgow Jewish community favourably and are just as extreme as the ugly letters written against Jews or Israel. Many of their letters are crass and insensitive and actually encourage anti-Semitic feeling rather than counter it. [[Tony Tankel|TONY TANKEL]], tony.tankel,@ntlworld.com.<ref>Letters, Jewish Chronicle 13 August 2004, p. 20.</ref>
-*2004 (August) - SFI was originally set up under the auspices of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council|Glasgow's Jewish Representative Council]], and is still affiliated to it. However, the council has criticised the group's stance, and has stepped in to try to mediate in the dispute. "I would appeal to SFI to be true to their original promise to be a broadly based organisation representing all strands of pro-Israel opinion," Dr [[Kenneth Collins]], the council's president, told the JC, adding that he hoped the "offensive material" about [[Peace Now]] would be removed.  However, SFI co-ordinator [[Mickey Green]] said that the article had been the subject of "an unfortunate misinterpretation. We are neither left nor right. We simply exist to present an alternative view [of the Middle East] to the general public."<ref>Web slur sparks Scottish spat, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 27 August 2004, p. 3</ref>
+*2004 (August) - SFI was originally set up under the auspices of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council|Glasgow's Jewish Representative Council]], and is still affiliated to it. However, the council has criticised the group's stance, and has stepped in to try to mediate in the dispute. "I would appeal to SFI to be true to their original promise to be a broadly based organisation representing all strands of pro-Israel opinion," Dr [[Kenneth Collins]], the council's president, told the JC, adding that he hoped the "offensive material" about [[Peace Now]] would be removed.  However, SFI co-ordinator [[Mickey Green]] said that the article had been the subject of "an unfortunate misinterpretation. We are neither left nor right. We simply exist to present an alternative view [of the Middle East] to the general public."<ref name="JC2004Aug27">Web slur sparks Scottish spat, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 27 August 2004, p. 3</ref>
-*2003 - "REDRESSING THE balance" is both the name and the aim of a website produced by [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]]'s mediaresponse group, jointly with the [[Scottish Friends of Israel]]. Site designer [[Raymond Mann]] said: "There is so much bias against Israel in the media that we in Scotland feel  need to redress the balance." The site has some 30 pages and is linked to other relevant web pages. The site is at www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org.<ref>''Jewish Chronicle'', 5 September 2003, p. 7.</ref>
+*2003 - "REDRESSING THE balance" is both the name and the aim of a website produced by [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]]'s mediaresponse group, jointly with the [[Scottish Friends of Israel]]. Site designer [[Raymond Mann]] said: "There is so much bias against Israel in the media that we in Scotland feel  need to redress the balance." The site has some 30 pages and is linked to other relevant web pages. The site is at www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org.<ref name="JC2003Sep5">''Jewish Chronicle'', 5 September 2003, p. 7.</ref>
 ==People==
 *[[Stanley Grossman]] | [[Myer Green]]
 ==See also==
 *[[Scottish-Israel Friendship League]]
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 * The group set up a Facebook page on 4 August 2013 [https://www.facebook.com/p/Scottish-Friends-of-Israel-100064717687341/ Scottish-Friends-of-Israel-100064717687341]
 ==Notes==