José María Aznar All we want is a normal and reasonable conversation about Israel. Surely, that is not too much to ask.
José María Aznar
Being overgenerous to extremist groups is like giving sweets to a spoilt child in the hope that it will improve its behaviour – it usually results in worse actions.’
David Trimble

Opinion Articles

Published in The Wall Street Journal

The Case for Pre-Emptive War, From Goliath to the Dardanelles

Some lessons for Israel as it contemplates an attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

2013-05-01 by Andrew Roberts

Published in The Jerusalem Post

The opening of a Spanish consulate in Gaza

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/The-opening-of-a-Spanish-consulate-in-Gaza-310734

Many issues that will presumably accompany the upcoming visit to Israel by the foreign minister of Spain, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo.

2013-04-23 by Alan Baker

Spain’s Consul to Gaza

 Neither Spain’s economy nor the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s anorexic budget can afford such luxuries.

2013-04-23 by Rafael Bardaji



Working Papers







Friends of Israel Initiative

Events & Activities

05 April 2013

FoII Annual Board Meeting

 Miami, April 3 - 5 2013

02 April 2013
18 March 2013

Nobel Peace Laureate Tells U.N. Council: ‘Your inquiry is wrong, your report undermines peace, stop the selectivity against Israel’

 GENEVA, March 18, 2013 - Nobel Peace Laureate David Trimble, member of the British House of Lords, took the floor this morning at the UN Human Rights Council—in a debate with its commission of inquiry into Israeli settlements—to