Pro-Israel lawyers investigated over alleged legal threats to suppress support for Palestine

Published on August 21, 2025 at 04:28 PM
Pro-Israel lawyers investigated over alleged legal threats to suppress support for Palestine

UK Lawyers for Israel accused of sending ‘vexatious and legally baseless’ letters to silence support for Palestine

An organisation of pro-Israel lawyers in the UK is under investigation after a complaint that it threatened people with legal action to suppress support for Palestine.

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has been accused of sending eight letters to individuals and organisations between January 2022 and May 2025 that “demonstrate a seeming pattern of vexatious and legally baseless correspondence aimed at silencing and intimidating Palestine solidarity efforts”, according to the complainants.

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