Difference between revisions of "Anglo-Israel Friendship League"
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| − | :The [[Anglo-Israel Friendship League]] held its inaugural meeting in the Southgate Town Hall ignoring threats from Arab terrorist groups here. The League is composed of non Jewish groups interested in furthering Anglo-Israeli friendship. The meeting was addressed by Sir [[Stephen McAddon]], a Conservative Member of Parliament, and [[Moshe Davis]], educational director of the [[Jewish National Fund]] here. About 40 persons applied for membership.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1969/09/21/archive/anglo-israel-friendship-league-holds-1st-meeting-ignores-terrorist-threats#ixzz3AjZJ5X18 Anglo-israel Friendship League Holds 1st Meeting, Ignores Terrorist Threats | + | :The [[Anglo-Israel Friendship League]] held its inaugural meeting in the Southgate Town Hall ignoring threats from Arab terrorist groups here. The League is composed of non Jewish groups interested in furthering Anglo-Israeli friendship. The meeting was addressed by Sir [[Stephen McAddon]], a Conservative Member of Parliament, and [[Moshe Davis]], educational director of the [[Jewish National Fund]] here. About 40 persons applied for membership.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1969/09/21/archive/anglo-israel-friendship-league-holds-1st-meeting-ignores-terrorist-threats#ixzz3AjZJ5X18 Anglo-israel Friendship League Holds 1st Meeting, Ignores Terrorist Threats] ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'', September 21, 1969.</ref> |
==People== | ==People== | ||
Revision as of 09:39, 18 August 2014
The Anglo-Israel Friendship League was a British based pro-Israel organisation created in 1969.
According to a 1969 report by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
- The Anglo-Israel Friendship League held its inaugural meeting in the Southgate Town Hall ignoring threats from Arab terrorist groups here. The League is composed of non Jewish groups interested in furthering Anglo-Israeli friendship. The meeting was addressed by Sir Stephen McAddon, a Conservative Member of Parliament, and Moshe Davis, educational director of the Jewish National Fund here. About 40 persons applied for membership.[1]
People
- George Garai Finchley branch.
- Margaret Thatcher President, Finchley branch
- Queenie Weber Finchley branch (also 60 years in the Council of Christians and Jews[2]
Notes
- ↑ Anglo-israel Friendship League Holds 1st Meeting, Ignores Terrorist Threats Jewish Telegraphic Agency, September 21, 1969.
- ↑ Council of Christians and Jews The Queenie Weber Page of Remembrance
