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[[Myer Green]] is a retired Glasgow GP and a prominent Zionist activist having acted for some years as the co-ordinator of [[Scottish Friends of Israel]].<Ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/myer-green-42670355/?originalSubdomain=uk</ref> By 2010 Green had became a settler colonist in 'Netanya' in occupied Palestine.<ref>https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24067412.israels-actions-put-perspective-decades-terrorism/</ref>
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{{short description|Glasgow GP and co-founder of Scottish Friends of Israel}}
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==Activities==
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[[File:Myer Green.jpg|thumb|Myer Green]]
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===2010===
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'''Myer Green''' (also printed '''Mickey Green''') is a retired Glasgow general practitioner and a Zionist activist. The ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' has described him as co-ordinator (2004), leader (2004) and co-founder (2010) of [[Scottish Friends of Israel]].<ref name="JC2004Aug27">“Web slur sparks Scottish spat”, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 27 August 2004, p. 3.</ref><ref name="JC2004Nov19">Lindy Markson and Bernard Josephs, “Scottish Jews split in website row”, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 19 November 2004.</ref><ref name="JC2010Nov25">Simon Rocker, [https://www.thejc.com/news/leaders-trade-blows-over-mick-davis-israel-criticism-jddocfnl Leaders trade blows over Mick Davis Israel criticism], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 25 November 2010.</ref> His LinkedIn profile lists him as a retired general practitioner in Glasgow.<ref name="LinkedIn">[https://www.linkedin.com/in/myer-green-42670355/ Myer Green], LinkedIn, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref> Letters to ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'' in January 2024 were signed from Netanya, Israel; one added “formerly of G77 postcode area”.<ref name="Herald2024a">Myer Green, letter, [https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24067412.israels-actions-put-perspective-decades-terrorism/ Israel's actions put into perspective by decades of terrorism], ''The Herald'', 24 January 2024.</ref><ref name="Herald2024b">Myer Green, “Israel was not the aggressor”, letter, [https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24075780.big-lesson-covid-next-time-listen-experts/ The big lesson of Covid: next time, listen to the experts], ''The Herald'', January 2024.</ref>
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:Back in 2010, the Jewish Chronicle described [[Mick Davis]] as an outspoken critic of Israel. At that time, [[Lucille Cohen]], the president of the [[Manchester Jewish Representative Council]], doubted that Davis’s opinions reflected those of the majority of British Jews but warned that his views would lead to “a growing misguided influence of post-Zionism in our youth which is detrimental to their understanding of Israel.” Lucille Cohen now lives in Israel. How right she was. [[Myer Green]], co-founder of [[Scottish Friends of Israel]] and now a resident of Netanya, warned back then that he was taken aback by the attitude of [[Mick Davis]] which, he said, “legitimized the language and perception of Israel's enemies by suggesting that Israel's might be heading along the path to apartheid."<ref>https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/322811</ref>
 
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:The 700 arrivals at Glasgow’s Israel at 60 party at Eastwood Park, Giffnock, received “passports” to enter a mock-up of Ben Gurion airport lounge and then an Israeli market place. Their target was to win prizes by collecting stamps for activities including making kites, jewellery and key rings and decorating a cookie. Other popular pursuits were face painting and a quiz challenge from [[JLGB]]. Self-defence and a magic show were other elements of a diverse programme and a particular hit with the kids was a mini-zoo with snakes, chickens, rabbits and tortoises. Queues formed for the bouncy castles.
 
  
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:[[UJIA Scotland|UJIA]] and Enjoy — comprising representatives from Glasgow’s five Orthodox congregations — ran the youth component and UJIA’s [[Ben Freeman]] told the JC: “We worked well together. It has been a truly amazing evening.” Adults enjoyed a celebration concert in the Eastwood Park Theatre where the star attractions were singer/comedian [[Daniel Cainer]] and Israeli singer [[Avivit]].
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==Education==
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His LinkedIn profile lists:
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* [[Shawlands Academy]], Glasgow, 1943–1955
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* [[University of Glasgow]] M.B., Ch.B., 1955–1961, and activity in the [[Glasgow Jewish Students Society]]<ref name="LinkedIn" />
  
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:A highlight of the evening was an exhibition devoted to recent Israeli breakthroughs in medicine, science and technology, produced by Dr [[Myer Green]] and Dr [[Walter Sneader]], assisted by Dr [[Michael Greenhill]]. The exhibition will be available to schools, synagogues and other interested organisations.<ref>https://www.thejc.com/news/community/glasgow-guests-enjoy-passport-privileges-lcizvejp</ref>
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The [[ScotlandsPeople]] statutory birth index records a Myer Solomon Green born in 1938 and registered in Pollok, Glasgow, which may be the same person; the identification rests on the name alone.<ref name="SP1938">ScotlandsPeople, statutory register of births, index entry: GREEN, Myer Solomon, 1938, Pollok, ref. 644/18/869, accessed 31 October 2026.</ref>
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===2007===
 
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:We have been notified by Mr [[Myer Green]] that a comment submitted under the name of M. Green on the blog was not in fact written by Dr Myer Green. We deplore this attempt by someone to imply that they were Mr Myer Green of [[Scottish Friends of Israel]]. Our initial investigations have resulted in the discovery that the messages posted by [[A Machor]] and the fraudulent M Green were sent from the same computer. These messages have now been removed.
 
  
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:Once our investigations are completed and if we discover the identity of the person concerned we will inform Mr Green of their identity as well as the appropriate authorities. They will not be allowed to take any further part in the blog. We have set this blog up for the benefit of communal discussion and debate and we ask everyone to use it responsibly.<ref>https://gjef.org.uk/2007/01/</ref>
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==Scottish Friends of Israel==
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In August 2004 the ''Jewish Chronicle'' named [[Myer Green|Mickey Green]] as co-ordinator of Scottish Friends of Israel, during a row over material on the group’s website. He said an 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.” [[Kenneth Collins]], then president of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]], appealed to the group “to be true to their original promise to be a broadly based organisation representing all strands of pro-Israel opinion.”<ref name="JC2004Aug27" /> A letter in the ''Chronicle'' of 3 September 2004 from Mickey Green, “co-ordinator, Scottish Friends of Israel”, of [[Newton Mearns]], said a [[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> In November 2004 the paper described “SFI leader Dr [[Myer Green]]” as hoping to resolve the dispute within the community.<ref name="JC2004Nov19" />
  
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On 27 January 2007 the [[Glasgow Jewish Educational Forum]] recorded that a comment posted under the name M. Green was not written by Dr Myer Green of Scottish Friends of Israel, and that it had been sent from the same computer as messages by “A Machor”.<ref name="GJEF2007">[https://gjef.org.uk/2007/01/27/misuse-of-the-blog/ Misuse of the blog], Glasgow Jewish Educational Forum, 27 January 2007.</ref>
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The [[ScotlandsPeople]] statutory birth index records a Myer Solomon Green born in 1938 and registered in Pollok, Glasgow, which may be the same person; the identification rests on the name alone.<ref>ScotlandsPeople, statutory register of births, index entry: GREEN, Myer Solomon, 1938, Pollok, ref. 644/18/869, accessed 31 October 2026.</ref>
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*[[University of Glasgow]] M.B. Ch.BM.B. Ch.B 1955 - 1961
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At Glasgow’s Israel at 60 event at Eastwood Park, Giffnock, in May 2008, a highlight was an exhibition on recent Israeli breakthroughs in medicine, science and technology, “produced by Dr [[Myer Green]] and Dr [[Walter Sneader]], assisted by Dr [[Michael Greenhill]]”. The exhibition was to be available to schools, synagogues and other organisations.<ref name="JC2008May16">[https://www.thejc.com/news/community/glasgow-guests-enjoy-passport-privileges-lcizvejp Glasgow guests enjoy passport privileges], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 16 May 2008.</ref>
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**Activities and societies: [[Glasgow Jewish Students Society]]
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*[[Shawlands Academy]] - Glasgow 1943 - 1955<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/myer-green-42670355/?originalSubdomain=uk</ref>
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In April 2010 Scottish Friends of Israel organised an exhibition, “Israel's contribution to medicine, science and technology”, at the [[Scottish Parliament]], sponsored by [[Ken Macintosh]] MSP. The [[Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign]] petitioned against it and protested outside Holyrood; the [[Scottish Trades Union Congress]] passed an emergency motion deploring “this blatant example of Israeli state propaganda”. Green said the exhibition was “intrinsically non-political” but “motivated by the unending torrent of petitions presented at Holyrood making allegations against Israel”, and that “the hostile atmosphere outside Holyrood was in complete contrast with the warm welcome we received from parliament staff”. Earlier that month he said comments by First Minister [[Alex Salmond]] about trade with Israel were “a very serious condemnation of Israel which leave me feeling somewhat uncomfortable.”<ref name="JC2010Apr8">Robyn Rosen, [https://www.thejc.com/news/alex-salmond-calls-for-israel-trade-rethink-slzldhzf Alex Salmond calls for Israel trade rethink], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 8 April 2010.</ref><ref name="JC2010Apr30">Marcus Dysch, “Hostility at Holyrood for Israel show”, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 30 April 2010, p. 14; online as [https://www.thejc.com/news/anti-israel-demos-at-technology-show-jpqmq823 Anti-Israel demos at technology show].</ref>
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==Resources==
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*https://gjef.org.uk/2007/01/
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In November 2010, described as co-founder of Scottish Friends of Israel, he said that although some of Israel’s policies had “sorely taxed” its supporters, he was “taken aback” that [[Mick Davis]] of the [[United Jewish Israel Appeal|UJIA]] and the [[Jewish Leadership Council]] “should legitimise the language and perception of Israel's enemies by suggesting that Israel's might be heading along the path to apartheid”.<ref name="JC2010Nov25" /> That December he criticised [[Scottish Friends of Palestine]] over a complaint to [[UEFA]] about Israeli referees officiating during a Scottish referees’ strike.<ref name="JC2010Dec3">Robyn Rosen, “Now strikers bring referees to book”, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 3 December 2010, p. 4.</ref>
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In March 2011 he called a Scottish Parliament fundraising launch for a “Scottish ship to Gaza” “a futile statement”, saying the Parliament “should distance itself”.<ref name="JC2011Mar25">Jessica Elgot, “Scottish MSPs want Gaza ship”, ''Jewish Chronicle'', 25 March 2011.</ref> In May 2011, after a [[Dundee City Council]] motion on Israel, he said the council’s Liberal Democrat leader [[Fraser Macpherson]] “clearly sees the council as a vehicle to promote the singular agenda of the [[Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign|SPSC]]”.<ref name="JC2011May19">Jessica Elgot, [https://www.thejc.com/news/dundee-backtracks-on-israel-boycott-sriz79kq Dundee backtracks on Israel boycott], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 19 May 2011.</ref> In August 2010, on an [[Edinburgh]] proposal to boycott [[Veolia]] over its work in Israel, he said: “It’s a matter of grave concern for us. The war against Israel seems to have entered a new phase. It’s not violent but it’s encroaching on all walks of life.”<ref name="JC2010Aug18">Jessica Elgot, [https://www.thejc.com/news/edinburgh-council-to-discuss-israel-boycott-r9vey5m5 Edinburgh council to discuss Israel boycott], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 18 August 2010.</ref> In July 2012 he said a planned protest against the [[Batsheva Dance Company]] at the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] “constitutes cultural warfare against the Israeli people as opposed to the Israeli government.”<ref name="JC2012Jul12">Jessica Elgot, [https://www.thejc.com/news/israeli-dancers-face-edinburgh-festival-disruption-xfidusrp Israeli dancers face Edinburgh festival disruption], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 12 July 2012.</ref>
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==Residence==
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In 2004 he wrote from Newton Mearns.<ref name="JC2004Sep3" /> G77 is the postcode area that includes Newton Mearns. ''[[Israel National News]]'' described him in February 2022 as co-founder of Scottish Friends of Israel “and now a resident of Netanya”.<ref name="INN2022">Barry Shaw, [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/322811 Are UK Jewish Organizations becoming Anti-Israel? An Israeli Perspective.], ''Israel National News'', 24 February 2022.</ref> Herald letters published in January 2024 were signed “Myer Green, Netanya, Israel (formerly of G77 postcode area)” and “Myer Green, Netanya, Israel”.<ref name="Herald2024a" /><ref name="Herald2024b" />
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==See also==
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*[[Scottish Friends of Israel]]
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*[[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]]
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*[[Glasgow Jewish Students Society]]
  
 
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Revision as of 10:05, 6 November 2026

Glasgow GP and co-founder of Scottish Friends of Israel

Myer Green

Myer Green (also printed Mickey Green) is a retired Glasgow general practitioner and a Zionist activist. The Jewish Chronicle has described him as co-ordinator (2004), leader (2004) and co-founder (2010) of Scottish Friends of Israel.[1][2][3] His LinkedIn profile lists him as a retired general practitioner in Glasgow.[4] Letters to The Herald in January 2024 were signed from Netanya, Israel; one added “formerly of G77 postcode area”.[5][6]

Education

His LinkedIn profile lists:

The ScotlandsPeople statutory birth index records a Myer Solomon Green born in 1938 and registered in Pollok, Glasgow, which may be the same person; the identification rests on the name alone.[7]

Scottish Friends of Israel

In August 2004 the Jewish Chronicle named Mickey Green as co-ordinator of Scottish Friends of Israel, during a row over material on the group’s website. He said an 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.” Kenneth Collins, then president of the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, appealed to the group “to be true to their original promise to be a broadly based organisation representing all strands of pro-Israel opinion.”[1] A letter in the Chronicle of 3 September 2004 from Mickey Green, “co-ordinator, Scottish Friends of Israel”, of Newton Mearns, said a Yad Vashem image on the website “stands solely as a reminder of the raison d'etre for the existence of the State of Israel”.[8] In November 2004 the paper described “SFI leader Dr Myer Green” as hoping to resolve the dispute within the community.[2]

On 27 January 2007 the Glasgow Jewish Educational Forum recorded that a comment posted under the name M. Green was not written by Dr Myer Green of Scottish Friends of Israel, and that it had been sent from the same computer as messages by “A Machor”.[9]

At Glasgow’s Israel at 60 event at Eastwood Park, Giffnock, in May 2008, a highlight was an exhibition on recent Israeli breakthroughs in medicine, science and technology, “produced by Dr Myer Green and Dr Walter Sneader, assisted by Dr Michael Greenhill”. The exhibition was to be available to schools, synagogues and other organisations.[10]

In April 2010 Scottish Friends of Israel organised an exhibition, “Israel's contribution to medicine, science and technology”, at the Scottish Parliament, sponsored by Ken Macintosh MSP. The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign petitioned against it and protested outside Holyrood; the Scottish Trades Union Congress passed an emergency motion deploring “this blatant example of Israeli state propaganda”. Green said the exhibition was “intrinsically non-political” but “motivated by the unending torrent of petitions presented at Holyrood making allegations against Israel”, and that “the hostile atmosphere outside Holyrood was in complete contrast with the warm welcome we received from parliament staff”. Earlier that month he said comments by First Minister Alex Salmond about trade with Israel were “a very serious condemnation of Israel which leave me feeling somewhat uncomfortable.”[11][12]

In November 2010, described as co-founder of Scottish Friends of Israel, he said that although some of Israel’s policies had “sorely taxed” its supporters, he was “taken aback” that Mick Davis of the UJIA and the Jewish Leadership Council “should legitimise the language and perception of Israel's enemies by suggesting that Israel's might be heading along the path to apartheid”.[3] That December he criticised Scottish Friends of Palestine over a complaint to UEFA about Israeli referees officiating during a Scottish referees’ strike.[13]

In March 2011 he called a Scottish Parliament fundraising launch for a “Scottish ship to Gaza” “a futile statement”, saying the Parliament “should distance itself”.[14] In May 2011, after a Dundee City Council motion on Israel, he said the council’s Liberal Democrat leader Fraser Macpherson “clearly sees the council as a vehicle to promote the singular agenda of the SPSC”.[15] In August 2010, on an Edinburgh proposal to boycott Veolia over its work in Israel, he said: “It’s a matter of grave concern for us. The war against Israel seems to have entered a new phase. It’s not violent but it’s encroaching on all walks of life.”[16] In July 2012 he said a planned protest against the Batsheva Dance Company at the Edinburgh International Festival “constitutes cultural warfare against the Israeli people as opposed to the Israeli government.”[17]

Residence

In 2004 he wrote from Newton Mearns.[8] G77 is the postcode area that includes Newton Mearns. Israel National News described him in February 2022 as co-founder of Scottish Friends of Israel “and now a resident of Netanya”.[18] Herald letters published in January 2024 were signed “Myer Green, Netanya, Israel (formerly of G77 postcode area)” and “Myer Green, Netanya, Israel”.[5][6]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Web slur sparks Scottish spat”, Jewish Chronicle, 27 August 2004, p. 3.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lindy Markson and Bernard Josephs, “Scottish Jews split in website row”, Jewish Chronicle, 19 November 2004.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Simon Rocker, Leaders trade blows over Mick Davis Israel criticism, Jewish Chronicle, 25 November 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Myer Green, LinkedIn, accessed 6 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Myer Green, letter, Israel's actions put into perspective by decades of terrorism, The Herald, 24 January 2024.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Myer Green, “Israel was not the aggressor”, letter, The big lesson of Covid: next time, listen to the experts, The Herald, January 2024.
  7. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, statutory register of births, index entry: GREEN, Myer Solomon, 1938, Pollok, ref. 644/18/869, accessed 31 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Letters, “Here's tae us, wha's like us…”, Jewish Chronicle, 3 September 2004.
  9. ↑ Misuse of the blog, Glasgow Jewish Educational Forum, 27 January 2007.
  10. ↑ Glasgow guests enjoy passport privileges, Jewish Chronicle, 16 May 2008.
  11. ↑ Robyn Rosen, Alex Salmond calls for Israel trade rethink, Jewish Chronicle, 8 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Marcus Dysch, “Hostility at Holyrood for Israel show”, Jewish Chronicle, 30 April 2010, p. 14; online as Anti-Israel demos at technology show.
  13. ↑ Robyn Rosen, “Now strikers bring referees to book”, Jewish Chronicle, 3 December 2010, p. 4.
  14. ↑ Jessica Elgot, “Scottish MSPs want Gaza ship”, Jewish Chronicle, 25 March 2011.
  15. ↑ Jessica Elgot, Dundee backtracks on Israel boycott, Jewish Chronicle, 19 May 2011.
  16. ↑ Jessica Elgot, Edinburgh council to discuss Israel boycott, Jewish Chronicle, 18 August 2010.
  17. ↑ Jessica Elgot, Israeli dancers face Edinburgh festival disruption, Jewish Chronicle, 12 July 2012.
  18. ↑ Barry Shaw, Are UK Jewish Organizations becoming Anti-Israel? An Israeli Perspective., Israel National News, 24 February 2022.
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