Christina Jones
Christina Jones was director of the Centre for Israel and Scotland Relations, the Scottish office of the Embassy of Israel in the United Kingdom, from 2020. She later worked in communications for CAMERA UK, the UK office of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.
Background
In 2020 Jones wrote that she was born and raised in Scotland to Canadian parents, and that she held a BA from the University of Glasgow and an MA from Tel Aviv University.[1]
Career
Embassy of Israel
Jones wrote that she had worked at the Embassy of Israel in London for two and a half years as "the Assistant for Inter-communal Affairs within the Public Diplomacy Department".[1] In February 2019 she and Vivian Aisen of the embassy's public diplomacy department visited Bhaktivedanta Manor.[2]
Centre for Israel and Scotland Relations
In the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council's September 2020 newsletter, Jones wrote that she had "recently taken over as the Director of the Centre for Scotland and Israel Relations", succeeding Ruth Kennedy, and that she had been "asked to re-open the centre". She described the centre as "the Scottish office for the Embassy of Israel in London which supports the strategic development of positive relations between Scotland and Israel across all spheres of society".[1] The Representative Council's page on the centre named her as its contact from 2021 to January 2025.[3][4]
CAMERA UK
A CAMERA on Campus UK statement on the attacks of 7 October 2023 gave her as media contact, as "Communications Associate, CAMERA UK".[5] In April 2024 All Israel News reported an interview by Paul Calvert with Jones and CAMERA's Sasha Chernyak about CAMERA's "This is Zionism" campaign. It described Jones as "responsible for communications for CAMERA's UK office". She described incidents involving Jewish students at the universities of Exeter and Leeds, and said she hoped the campaign would broaden support for Israel in the United Kingdom, "even among non-Jews".[6]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, Newsletter, September 2020, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "A delegation from the Israeli Embassy Vivian Aisen, the Director…", Dandavats, 6 February 2019, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "Centre for Israel and Scotland Relations", jewishglasgow.org, archived 18 April 2021, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "Centre for Israel and Scotland Relations", jewishglasgow.org, archived 26 January 2025, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "A Day of Resolve: CAMERA on Campus UK Condemns Hamas Attacks on Israel", CAMERA on Campus, 7 October 2023 (updated 7 November 2023), accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "CAMERA launches 'This is Zionism' campaign to educate and counter antisemitism on college campuses", All Israel News, 27 April 2024, accessed 29 October 2026.