Category:Zionist movement UK

UK movement

Zionist Federation | Jewish National Fund UK | United Jewish Israel Appeal | Jewish Agency for Israel - UK office

Membership of the Zionist Federation

Companies and groups that are part of JNF UK

KKL Charity Accounts | KKL Executor and Trustee Company Ltd | JNF Charitable Trust

Companies related to the UJIA

Other formal members of affiliates of the WZO

Youth movements

Young Adults movements

Betar - Tagar UK

Affiliated Zionist Organisations

UK affiliates of World Unions

The UK representation at the World Zionist Congress, which decides policy for the World Zionist Organisation, is via 'an allocation of only 19 seats out of 525.' ^[2]

Plans to hold an online public election to choose the UK representation this year had to be abandoned because of the pandemic. Instead, the Zionist groups agreed to allocate seats among themselves, based on assessments of their support within the community. The controversy began when Likud-Herut UK – now calling itself Likud UK – which had not been involved in the previous Congress, wanted to run this time. To complicate matters, there is an alternative group called Herut UK. As a new slate, Likud UK had to muster 500 signatures from the community to indicate it had sufficient support. But although the chairman of the UK’s area election committee Rabbi Lea Muhlstein initially accepted the Likud list, others committee members challenged its validity. The dispute then went to a tribunal set up by the Zionist Federation adjudicated by Jonathan Goldberg QC and barrister Gary Grant. In June, they ruled in favour of Likud UK’s eligibility. In their decision, they stated, "At an earlier stage it appeared to us that allegations of bad faith were possibly being bandied about somewhat carelessly on both sides. "Happily on closer examination we ourselves detected no such element in the case whatever. We emphasise that we have seen no evidence whatever that either side, or the personalities involved, behaved with anything other than complete propriety and good faith in endeavouring to do their best in difficult conditions, not least brought about by the current pandemic." Rabbi Muhlstein had conducted herself in “exemplary fashion”, they said.

According to the minutes of an area election committee in March, Likud UK had been willing to accept one of the 19 seats. But it subsequently increased its demand at one point to three seats. Rabbi Muhlstein resigned as chair of the committee, saying she no longer had time given her responsibilities as a congregational rabbi and as chairman of Artenu, the international Progressive Zionist movement.

Finally, last month the Zionist parties reached a deal that gave Likud UK two seats. Zalmi Unsdorfer, Likud UK chairman, said, “The one seat proposal was mooted by World Likud's chairman at an earlier stage but without our prior knowledge or agreement here in the UK. “They later suggested two seats which, at the eleventh hour, we accepted to break the deadlock which would have rendered the whole ZFUK slate out of time.” He said the group would revert to the Likud Herut UK brand “immediately after the congress. It has been, and always will be ours.” ^[2]

The final division of the 19 seats was agreed as follows: 'Mizrachi and Pro-Zion will each have four seats: Mercaz UK, Likud UK, FZY (representing the Confederation of Zionists) two each: and the Jewish Labour Movement, Herut UK, Over the Rainbow, Meretz and Hanoar Hatzioni one apiece.'^[2]

The main factions of UK Zionism have various connections to both global umbrella bodies and in some cases to othe groupings within the formal; Zionist movement as follows:

Mizrachi UK, affiliate of World Mizrachi
Pro-Zion, affiliate of Liberal Judaism and Reform Judaism, both of which are part of the World Union for Progressive Judaism.
Mercaz UK, affiliate of Mercaz which refers to itself as 'the Zionist arm of the worldwide Masorti movement' of Conservative Judaism. Obviously the worldwide Masorti movement is also 'Zionist' too, being a direct member of the WZO.
Likud UK, affiliate of World Likud
FZY (representing the Confederation of Zionists)
Jewish Labour Movement, affiliate of the World Labour Zionist Movement
Herut UK, affiliate of World Herut
Over the Rainbow UK, Led in the UK by Jeremy Newmark, affiliate of the new faction Over the Rainbow
Meretz UK, affiliate of the World Union of Meretz
Hanoar Hatzioni UK, a youth group, affiliate of Hanoar Hatzioni

Self described Zionist groups that are not formally part of the Zionist Movement

pro-Israel groups which are not formal members of the Zionist Movement

Notes

↑ Zionist Federation Affiliate Members. Accessed 15 June 2018.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Simon Rocker UK Zionist groups agree on congress delegation after heavy wrangling 5 August 2020.

Pages in category "Zionist movement UK"

The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.

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Erez Israel (Palestine) Foundation Fund Keren Hayesod Limited(The)

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General Zionist Organisation of Great Britain

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Israel Britain Alliance

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Masorti Judaism

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New Israel Fund (UK)

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Gerald Maurice Ronson

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World Zionist Organization UK

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[1] Zionist Federation Affiliate Members. Accessed 15 June 2018.

[delegates-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Simon Rocker UK Zionist groups agree on congress delegation after heavy wrangling 5 August 2020.

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