| 词条 | Conservative Friends of Israel |
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Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) is a British parliamentary group affiliated to the Conservative Party, which is dedicated to strengthening business, cultural and political ties between the United Kingdom and Israel. CFI is an unincorporated association. It also seeks to strengthen ties between the British Conservative Party and the Israeli Likud party. It was founded in 1974 by Conservative MP for Bury and Radcliffe, Michael Fidler. The Parliamentary Chairman is Stephen Crabb.[1] In 1995 Conservative politician Robert Rhodes James called it "the largest organisation in Western Europe dedicated to the cause of the people of Israel".[2] By 2009, according to the Channel 4 documentary Dispatches – Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, around 80% of Conservative MPs were members of the CFI.[3] In 2013, the Daily Telegraph{{'}}s chief political commentator, Peter Oborne, called CFI "by far Britain's most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group."[4] ActivitiesThe group's 2005 strategy identified the following areas of activity: supporting Israel, promoting the British Conservative Party, fighting terrorism, combating anti-semitism, and promoting peace in the Middle East.[5] According to their website, "over two thirds" of Conservative MPs were members of Conservative Friends of Israel in 2006.[6] In 2007 the Political Director stated it had over 2000 members and registered supporters.[7] In 2009, at least half of the shadow cabinet were members of the group according to a Dispatches documentary.[8] Their website states the opinion that it is one of the fastest growing political lobby groups in the UK.[9] According to the Dispatches documentary, between 2006 and 2009 the CFI funded more than 30 Conservative parliamentary candidates to visit Israel.[8] In 2012 CFI reconstituted itself as a private company limited by guarantee.[10] CFI annual business lunchDavid Cameron, then newly elected leader of the Conservative Party, addressed the CFI annual business lunch on 30 January 2006, whose audience included half of the Conservative Parliamentary Party. As part of his speech, he stated "I am proud not just to be a Conservative, but a Conservative friend of Israel; and I am proud of the key role CFI plays within our Party. Israel is a democracy, a strong and proud democracy, in a region that is, we hope, making its first steps in that direction."[11]Former Conservative party leaders Iain Duncan Smith[12] and Michael Howard[13] have addressed the CFI lunch. The British Pakistani MP Sajid Javid has also made business lunch speeches which have been positively received by the CFI, the Jewish Chronicle even reporting Javid as a future Prime Minister.[14] DonationsThe Dispatches documentary claimed members of the group and their companies have donated over £10 million to the Conservative party between 2001 and 2009. The group called this figure "deeply flawed" saying that they have only donated £30,000 between 2004 and 2009 but that members of the group have undoubtedly made their own donations to the party. Dispatches described the CFI as "beyond doubt the most well-connected and probably the best funded of all Westminster lobbying groups".[3][8] Members of CFIIn 2014, CFI stated that 80% of Conservative MPs were members.[15] In alphabetical order, members of Conservative Friends of Israel include:
See also{{portal|Conservatism|British politics|Israel}}
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CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL LIMITED |id=Company No. 08114952 |publisher=Companies House |accessdate=8 January 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229053844/http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ |archivedate=29 December 2008 |df=dmy }} 11. ^{{citation|url=http://www.cfoi.co.uk/Briefings/061+-+03.02.2006+Special+Edition.pdf |title=CFI INFORMED Weekly Briefing|date=3 February 2006|publisher=Conservative Friends of Israel|accessdate=25 May 2006 }} 12. ^Duncan Smith: Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorists {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720011134/https://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=21497&speeches=1 |date=20 July 2006 }}, Conservatives.com, 10 December 2001 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=117880&speeches=1 |title=Howard Speech to the Conservative Friends of Israel, at the Savoy Hotel, London |publisher=Conservatives.com |date=6 December 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212034023/http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=117880&speeches=1 |archivedate=12 December 2004}} 14. ^http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/94117/muslim-tory-mp-after-britain-israel-best 15. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/Whatwedo/ |title=About CFI |publisher=Conservative Friends of Israel |accessdate=5 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802055821/https://cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/Whatwedo/|archive-date=2 August 2014|dead-url=yes}} 16. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/34717/ministers-will-change-war-crimes-arrest-law|title=Ministers "will change" war crimes arrest law |date=8 July 2010|newspaper=Jewish Chronicle}} 17. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/31178/altrincham-and-sale-west-election-2010|title=Altrincham and Sale West: Election 2010|date=29 April 2010|newspaper=Jewish Chronicle}} 18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=18009 |date=15 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322030701/http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=18009 |archivedate=22 March 2012 |title=UK: Evangelical Christian appointed new UK Middle East Minister |publisher=The Muslim News |accessdate=5 August 2014}} 19. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1299415/Israel-President-Shimon-Peres-accuses-English-anti-semitic.html|title=British MPs furious after Israel President Shimon Peres accuses the English of being anti-semitic |date=1 August 2010|newspaper=Daily Mail |location=UK}} 20. ^1 {{cite news| url=https://cfoi.co.uk/in-jerusalem-post-cfi-parliamentary-chairman-announce-plans-to-take-uk-israel-relations-forward/| title= IN JERUSALEM POST CFI PARLIAMENTARY CHAIRMEN ANNOUNCE PLANS TO TAKE UK-ISRAEL RELATIONS FORWARD}} 21. ^1 {{cite web|title=Cameron's Cabinet: Who are they?|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/31686/camerons-cabinet-who-are-they|accessdate=15 May 2011}} 22. ^{{cite web|title=Mike's Biography|url=http://www.finchleyconservatives.com/about/about-mike-freer.html|accessdate=15 May 2011}} 23. ^{{cite news |url = http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/?content_id=13722 |title = William Hague's Schmooze With The Jewish News |date = 25 March 2010 |newspaper = Totally Jewish |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100406054043/http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/?content_id=13722 |archivedate = 6 April 2010 |df = dmy-all}} 24. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/politics/ministers_lose_seats_in_the_east_1_295385|title=Ministers lose seats in the East|date=7 May 2010|newspaper=East Anglia Daily Times}} 25. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches|title=Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims|date=16 November 2009|work=The Guardian |location=London | first=Ian| last=Black}} 26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ |title=About Conservative Friends of Israel |website=cfoi.co.uk |date= |accessdate=22 September 2011}} 27. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/140638/sir-eric-pickles-lead-mps%E2%80%99-delegation-israel|title=Eric Pickles to lead MPs’ delegation to Israel|date=July 24, 2015|newspaper=Jewish Chronicle}} 28. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/31576/election-result-kensington| title=Rifkind elected as Kensington MP| date=7 May 2010 | newspaper=Jewish Chronicle}} 29. ^{{cite news|last1=Sloan|first1=Alaistair|title=Ed Miliband will back Israel|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/europe/18013-ed-miliband-will-back-israel|accessdate=13 April 2015|publisher=Middle East Monitor|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705075536/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/europe/18013-ed-miliband-will-back-israel|archivedate=5 July 2015|df=dmy-all}} External links
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