A former vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel has been appointed to head the Israel-Britain Alliance, a new project designed to increase support for Israel in Parliament.
Launched last week by the Zionist Federation, the IBA will be led by former Labour MP for East Kilbride Michael McCann to build relationships between politicians and grassroots Israel supporters across the country. It will also seek to strengthen ties between the House of Commons and the Knesset.
Mr McCann said that by working closely with grassroots organisation, politicans and organisations in Israel, he hopes that the IBA will strengthen the “strong bilateral ties” between Israel and the UK.
He said that the IBA will also “offer clarity on the Israel/Palestinian conflict, other pressing issues in the Middle East and issues of global significance.”
