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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harriet Sherwood

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

A Palestine flag being waved at a protest
One letter included in the complaint was sent to an arts centre in Edinburgh that was planning a Palestinian film festival. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

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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