title: Friends of Israel
text: # Friends of Israel
  
  There are many Friends of Israel groups active around the world and in a variety of fields, such as academic, legal, political, etc. Those with articles on Wikipedia include:
  
  * Friends of Israel Initiative, an international effort to counter the attempts to delegitimize the State of Israel and its right to live in peace within safe and defensible borders
  * Parliamentary groups in the United Kingdom that promote close ties between Britain and Israel:
     * Labour Friends of Israel
     * Conservative Friends of Israel
     * Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel
  * Friends of Israel in the Parliament of Norway
  * Northern Ireland Friends of Israel
  * European Friends of Israel
  * Anglican Friends of Israel
  * Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
  * Clerical Association of Friends of Israël or Opus sacerdotale Amici Israel, an association of Catholic priests (1926 – 1928)
  