CFI calls on UK Government to “immediately correct” its “offensive and hostile” separation of Jerusalem from Israel in travel advice

CFI has called on the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to “immediately correct” its “offensive and hostile” separation of Jerusalem from Israel in its latest Coronavirus travel advice.

“To describe Jerusalem as anything other than an integral part of Israel is a fiction divorced from reality”, assert CFI’s Parliamentary Chairmen, Rt. Hon. Stephen Crabb MP (Commons) and Rt. Hon. The Lord Pickles (Lords) and CFI Honorary President Lord Polak CBE.

The full statement:

“The announcement of a travel corridor with Israel is excellent news. However, the FCDO’s decision to define Jerusalem as a territory separate from Israel is offensive and hostile. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. To describe Jerusalem as anything other than an integral part of Israel is a fiction divorced from reality and the travel advice must be immediately corrected”. CFI Parliamentary Chairmen Rt. Hon. Stephen Crabb MP (Commons) and Rt. Hon. The Lord Pickles (Lords), and CFI Honorary President Lord Polak CBE