Lessons in leadership: what the UK’s emerging leaders have learnt from Israel’s challenges, resilience and innovation.
In the aftermath of October 7th, the UK has seen a rapid rise in anti-Zionism and antisemitism across western democracies, most notably among Gen-z. A Harvard Harris poll found that 67 percent of 18-24-year-olds "think that Jews as a class are oppressors and should be treated as oppressors”. The events across Europe, post October 7, illustrate that Holocaust education has largely failed Gen-z…
Actions matter: Deeds not words in tackling antisemitism
Growing up embedded into a strong Jewish community, just outside of London, I previously believed that antisemitism had largely been discredited due to increased awareness and enlightenment like other forms of abhorrent discrimination such as racism, homophobia and sexism.
Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: Professor David Hirsh, antisemitism in academia: becoming a professor despite the hostility
Growing up embedded into a strong Jewish community, just outside of London, I previously believed that antisemitism had largely been discredited due to increased awareness and enlightenment like other forms of abhorrent discrimination such as racism, homophobia and sexism.
Second E3-Israel Strategic Dialogue
The European Leadership Network (ELNET) and ELNET’s Forum of Strategic Dialogue (FSD) brought together 34 senior policymakers and experts from the E3 group of France, Germany, and the UK, the EU, NATO, and Israel.
Jonny Gould interviewing the UK participants at ELENT’s Actions Matter conference in Vienna.
Growing up embedded into a strong Jewish community, just outside of London, I previously believed that antisemitism had largely been discredited due to increased awareness and enlightenment like other forms of abhorrent discrimination such as racism, homophobia and sexism.
8th UK-Israel Strategic Dialogue- September 17, 2024
The European Leadership Network (ELNET) UK and ELNET’s Forum of Strategic Dialogue (FSD) brought together senior members of parliament and experts from the UK and Israel.
OPINION: UK must champion fight against anti-Zionism and global double standards
Yesterday, I attended the main memorial in Park Hayarkon, Tel Aviv, held by the families of the Israeli hostages seized by Hamas on 7 October. I also visited the grounds of the Nova music festival where friends and families of the victims gathered to mourn and remember, all the more poignantly, that it was to the sound of rockets being fired overhead from Khan Yunis in Gaza, as they did so.
Activities & Impacts, our year since October 7
ELNET UK’s latest update, the impact of our work since the October 7 attacks; including information on our delegations, dialogues, policy publications and media activity.
ELNET UK Interview Series: Shai Davidai (Columbia University), Raising Awareness about Antisemitism – interview with Eli Hassell
In the first in a series of deep-dive interviews on issues arising from the Israel-Hamas conflict we look at the story of campus antisemitism through the lens of Israeli Assistant Professor at Columbia, Shai Davidai.
4th Europe-Middle East Forum – June 6, 2024
Growing up embedded into a strong Jewish community, just outside of London, I previously believed that antisemitism had largely been discredited due to increased awareness and enlightenment like other forms of abhorrent discrimination such as racism, homophobia and sexism.
Podcast with Lt Col (Res.) Jonathan Conricus: Jonny Gould’s Jewish State
Lt Col Jonathan Conricus is the former international spokesperson for the IDF and now Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Jewish News: “We can’t forget the hostages,” former Israeli ambassador tells guests at JW3
The former Israeli ambassador to France last night urged a capacity auditorium at the north London community hub JW3 not to forget the hostages.
“Women’s Safety Now!”, A Special Mission of European Women to Israel
This women-only delegation to Israel brought 20 influential politicians, journalists, activists and community leaders, from all over Europe, to learn first-hand about the horrors of the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas on and after October 7; and to create an international platform for cooperation in providing security for women and girls regardless of their nationality, religion, or age.
Our Activities & Impacts Report
ELNET UK has had an exceptionally busy start to life. In recent years we have undertaken some of the largest-ever UK Parliamentary delegations to Israel, held the first-ever Israel-E3-NATO Strategic Dialogue in London, and generated media coverage across a broad swathe of outlets and mediums. For more highlights of our recent work, please see our 2022/2023 Impact Report.
REFLECTIONS ON 7TH OCTOBER 2023, Lord Parry Mitchell
I have just returned from Israel. It was never going to be an easy trip, but I felt well prepared. In fact it turned out to be both more depressing and more uplifting than I had anticipated.
E3-Israel Strategic Dialogue
Growing up embedded into a strong Jewish community, just outside of London, I previously believed that antisemitism had largely been discredited due to increased awareness and enlightenment like other forms of abhorrent discrimination such as racism, homophobia and sexism.