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David Cameron's speech to the CFI annual lunch 2009
 Article Posted:  Mon Jun 22, 2009
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David Cameron's Speech to the Conservative Friends Of Israel at their Annual Lunch - Thurs 18th June 2009


Thank you Leonard[Lord Steinberg] and thank you everyone for coming today. It’s great to be here amongst so many friends. I look around and I see Conservative candidates and I see Conservative supporters, I see some of our biggest donors and a special thank you to you. I see newer friends like Leonard. I cannot reveal all the contents of that lunch but I can tell you this, he was not asking me to settle his bookmakers bill!

I see alongside lots of old friends, I see some new arrivals too. It is great to see, for instance, Victor Blank here. Victor I can tell you, much better to hang out at cocktail parties with Tories ... [laughter] ... I did not even get to the punchline, we will not try and sell you a bank!

Can I thank Lord Steinberg, Michael Heller and the Eden Group for hosting this event and let me welcome His Excellency Ron Prosor who does a brilliant job and how necessary it is in a country that does not always have the most unbiased media.

I would also like to thank James Arbuthnot, the Chairman of the CFI, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Conservative Friends of Israel – Richard Harrington who has a very important day job and that is to win Watford for the Conservatives in the next ele ....

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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Wed May 20, 2009  
Conservative Friends of Israel Annual Reception 2009
Conservative Friends of Israel Annual Members Reception 2009

14 January 2009
This year the Conservative Friends of Israel Annual Members reception took place at the House of Commons Terrace Marquee.
The event was well attended by over 250 members and over 90 Conservative MPs, Lords and Parliamentary Candidates.

Key note speakers at this year’s reception were MK Silvan Shalom ex-Foreign Minister of Israel, HE. Ron Prosor Ambassador of Israel and David Lidington MP, Shadow Foreign Minister. ------------------------------------------------ ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Wed Sep 24, 2008  
CFI- Annual Business Lunch 2008
Conservative Friends of Israel Annual Business Lunch 2008

This year the Conservative Friends of Israel Annual Business Lunch took place at the Dorchester Hotel. The event was attended by over 400 Business people and over 100 Conservative MPs, Lords and Parliamentary Candidates.

Key note speakers at this year’s lunch were the Rt Hon William Hague MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary and George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. The two MPs took part in a panel discussion with Times lead writer Danny Finklest ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Mon Jul 14, 2008  
Conservative Friends of Israel - weekly briefing
Fighting Terrorism
Truce in the Middle East- A Hamas Special
1. Truce negotiations
2. A period of calm?
3. A year of Hamas rule in Gaza
4. Should the international community embrace Hamas in the wake of the truce?



Truce negotiations

1. In recent weeks an Egyptian initiative to end terrorism from the Gaza Strip and the resulting Is ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Sun Jun 08, 2008  
AIPAC 2000 Conf - Al Gore Speech [archive]
May 18, 2000, Vice President Al Gore speech at the 39th Annual Policy Conference of AIPAC



I can't tell you how glad I am see so many warm friends . . .To my friend, Chairman Steve Grossman ... I was going to acknowledge Jim Nicholson also ... Mel Solberg (ph), chairman of the conference of presidents of major Jewish organizations ... To Minister Natan Sharansky, my warm frie ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Thu Jun 05, 2008  
AIPAC Conference 2008 - Obama's Speech
Senator Barack Obama
AIPAC Policy Conference 2008
June 4, 2008


Obama's Speech today -- June 4th 2008


It’s great to see so many friends from across the country. I want to
congratulate Howard Friedman, David Victor and Howard Kohr on a
successful conference, and on the completion of a new headquarters just a
few blocks ....
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AIPAC Conference 2008 - Hillary wows them
Hillary Clinton's speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference 2008 - 4th june 2008


Thank you all very, very much. Thank you. It is wonderful being here with all of you, among so many friends and I feel like this is a giant family reunion. The largest AIPAC gathering in history and I feel like I am among family and than ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Thu Jun 05, 2008  
AIPAC - McCain Criticizes Obama on Iran
AIPAC - McCain Criticizes Obama on Iran

Monday, June 2, 2008 11:30 AM

WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain raised the specter of a nuclear Iran in a speech to a pro-Israel group, once again chastising Democrat Barack Obama for his willingness to meet with leaders of Iran and other U.S. foes.

McCain has criticized Obama for saying in a debate las ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Thu Jun 05, 2008  
AIPAC - Obama Works A Tough Room
AIPAC - Obama Works A Tough Room


Two days after John McCain paraded his tough-guy image in front of 7,000 supporters at the annual meeting of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Barack Obama delivered his own version of the Israeli national anthem this morning. For Obama, the AIPAC conference seemed like a tough room to work. But, by all indications, h ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Tue Jun 03, 2008  
CFI organise campaign bus tour for Boris
CFI organise campaign bus tour of North West London for Mayoral Candidate Boris Johnson

reference Archive:

On April 13 Conservative Friends of Israel organised a campaign bus tour for Conservative Mayoral candidate Boris Johnson in North West London in an attempt to encourage Jewish voters to show their support and vote for Boris on May 1st. Boris and his campaign te ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Sat May 10, 2008  
David Cameron's Community Security Trust Speech.
DAVID CAMERON’S COMMUNITY SECURITY TRUST SPEECH

I’d like to thank the Community Security Trust for inviting me to share this evening with you.

It’s great to be among friends and to see some familiar faces.

But tonight isn’t just about enjoyment.

We are here for a profoundly serious reason.

To raise money to protect the Jewish comm ....
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Image of Conservative Friends Of Israel Sat May 10, 2008  
Conservative Friends of Israel - weekly briefing
In this week’s edition…

Promoting Conservatism:
Success for the Conservatives in local elections

Fighting Terrorism:
Hamas chief claims any truce with Israel would be a “tactic”
Hamas continues to disrupt fuel supplies to Gaza
Iran remains most active state sponsor of terrorism

Peaceful Co-existence:
Conservative Shadow Foreign Mini ....
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