TFI Members

Membership

The growing membership of the Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI) currently includes 91 lawmakers from both sides of the Atlantic committed to strengthening the trilateral partnership between Europe, the United States, Canada, and Israel.

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Chair

Lukas Mandl

Vice Chair, European Parliament's Security and Defence Subcommittee

EPP Group

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Vice Chair

Petras Auštrevičius

Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Afghanistan

Renew Europe Group

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Vice Chair

Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou

Vice Chair, European Parliament’s International Trade Committee

EPP Group

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Vice Chair

Dietmar Köster

Member, Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament

S&D Group

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Vice Chair

Alexandr Vondra

Member, Security and Defence Subcommittee of the European Parliament

ECR Group

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Vice Chair

Carmen Avram

Member, Delegation for Relations with Israel of the European Parliament

S&D Group

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Secretary General

Daniel Schwammenthal

Director, AJC Transatlantic Institute

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Nicola Beer

Vice President, European Parliament

Renew Europe Group

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Massimo Berutti

Member of the Senate of the Republic

Forza Italia

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James Bezan

Vice Chair, House of Commons' National Defence Standing Committee

Conservative Party

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Lord David Blencathra

Chair, House of Lords’ Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee

The Conservative Party

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Sandra Boëlle

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly

Les Républicains

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Mike Bost

Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives' Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

Republican party

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Sandra Bubendorfer-Licht

Member, Interior and Homeland Committee of the Bundestag

Free Democratic Party

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Marco Buschmann

FDP Spokesperson, Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and Rules of Procedure Committee of the Bundestag 

Free Democratic Party

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Christoph Bernstiel

Member, Interior and Homeland Committee of the Bundestag

Christian Democratic Union of Germany

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Rosie Cooper

Member of the House of Commons

Labour Party

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Salvatore De Meo

Member of the European Parliament

EPP Group

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Ted Deutch

Chair, U.S. House of Representatives' Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Subcommittee

Democratic Party

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Avi Dichter

Chair, Knesset's Overseeing the Fund for Managing State Revenues from the Tax on Profits from Gas and Oil Special Committee

Likud Party

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Gatis Eglītis

Deputy Chair, Parliament of the Republic of Latvia's European Affairs Committee

New Conservative Party

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Eliot Engel

Member Emeritus

Chair, U.S. House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee

Democratic Party

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Martin Engelberg

Vice Chair, National Council's European Union Affairs Standing Subcommittee

ÖVP

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Marcus Faber

Member, Defence Committee of the Bundestag

Free Democratic Party

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Nicu Fălcoi

Chair, Senate of Romania's Committee on Constitutionality

Save Romania Union Party

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Orit Farkash-HaCohen

Member Emerita

(Member of Knesset 2019-2020)

 

Minister of Tourism

Blue and White Party

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Fritz Felgentreu

SPD Spokesperson, Defence Committee of the Bundestag

Social Democratic Party of Germany

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Michael Freilich

Member, National Defence Committee of the Chamber of Representatives

N-VA

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Meyer Habib

Secretary, National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee

Union of Democrats and Independents

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Tamás Harangozó

Deputy Leader, Hungarian Socialist Party Group in the National Assembly

Hungarian Socialist Party

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Sharren Haskel

Deputy Speaker, Knesset, Member, Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee

Likud Party

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Zvi Hauser

Chairman, Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Derech Eretz Party

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Niclas Herbst

Vice Chair, European Parliament's Budgets Committee

EPP Group

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Jim Himes

Member, U.S. House of Representatives' Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Democratic Party

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Gero Clemens Hocker

FDP Spokeperson, Food and Agriculture of the Bundestag

Free Democratic Party

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Monika Hohlmeier

Chair, European Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee

EPP Group

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Michał Jach

Chair, Sejm's National Defence Committee

Law and Justice

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Rasa Juknevičienė

Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee,

EPP Group

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Michał Kamiński

Deputy Speaker, Senate of Poland, Member of the Foreign Affairs and EU Committee

Union of European Democrats Party

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Karol Karski

Quaestor, Member of the Bureau of the European Parliament

ECR Group

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Pascal Kober

FDP Spokesperson, Labor and Social Committee of the Bundestag

Free Democratic Party

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Rihards Kols

Chair, Parliament of the Republic of Latvia's Foreign Affairs Committee

National Alliance Party

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Andrey Kovatchev

Vice President, European People's Party Group (EPP) in the European Parliament

EPP Group

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Raja Krishnamoorthi

Member, U.S. House of Representatives' Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Democratic Party

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Ágnes Kunhalmi

Vice Chair, National Assembly's Defense and Law Enforcement Committee

Hungarian Socialist Party

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Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Vice President, ALDE Party

Renew Europe

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Artur Łącki

Member, Sejm's Polish-Israeli Parliamentary Group

Civic Platform

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Yair Lapid

Chair, Yesh Atid Party

Yesh Atid Party

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Antero Laukkanen

Vice Chair, Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group in the Parliament of Finland

Christian Democratic Party

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Constance Le Grip

Vice Chair, National Assembly's Cultural Affairs and Education Committee

Les Républicains

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David Lega

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

EPP Group

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Miriam Lexmann

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

EPP Group

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Avigdor Lieberman

Chair, Yisrael Beiteinu Party

Yisrael Beiteinu Party

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Leopoldo López Gil

Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee

EPP Group

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Antonio López-Istúriz White

Secretary General, European People's Party

Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Israel

EPP

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Oliver Luksic

FDP Spokesperson, Transport and Infrastructure of the Bundestag

Free Democratic Party

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Lucio Malan

Chair, Senate of the Republic's Interparliamentary Friendship Group Italy-Israel

Forza Italia

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Gisela Manderla

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee and Defence Committee of the Bundestag

Christian Democratic Union of Germany

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Brian Mast

Member, Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives

Republican Party

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Steve McCabe

Chair, Labour Friends of Israel

Labour Party

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Attila Mesterházy

Deputy Chair, National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, Deputy Chair, Hungarian-Israeli Parliamentary Group

Hungarian Socialist Party

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Koen Metsu

Chair, Chamber of Representatives' Inter-Parliamentary Union Belgium-Israel

N-VA

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Merav Michaeli

Chair, Knesset's Lobby for Resolving the Israeli-Arab Conflict

Labor Party

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Jean-Michel Mis

Vice Chair, National Assembly's Cybersecurity and Digital Sovereignty Working Group

La République en Marche

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Marty Morantz

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons

Conservative Party

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Peter Östman

Chair, Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group in the Parliament of Finland, Chair, Parliamentary Israel Friendship Group

Christian Democratic Party

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Cem Özdemir

Chair, Bundestag's Transport and Digital Infrastructure Committee

Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

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Pina Picierno

Member, Delegation for Relations with Israel of the European Parliament

S&D Group

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The Rt Hon the Lord Eric Pickles

Chair, House of Lords' Conservative Friends of Israel

The Conservative Party

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Lord Stuart Polak CBE

Member, EU Security and Justice Subcommittee of the House of Lords

The Conservative Party

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Andrei Pop

Secretary, Chamber of Deputies' Budget, Finance, and Banks Committee

Social Democratic Party

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Päivi Räsänen

Member, Intelligence Supervision Committee of the Parliament of Finland

Christian Democratic Party

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Kathleen Rice

Chair, U.S. House of Representatives' Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Subcommittee

Democratic Party

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Frédérique Ries

Vice President, Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament

Renew Europe

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Bert-Jan Ruissen

Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Israel

ECR Group

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Wille Rydman

Member of the Parliament

National Coalition Party

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Brad Schneider

Member of the House of Representatives

Democratic Party

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Ofer Shelah

Chair, State Audit Committee

Yesh Atid Party

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Sara Skyttedal

Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq

EPP Group

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Benjamin Strasser

FDP Spokesperson, Interior and Homeland Committee of the Bundestag

Free Democratic Party

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Thomas R. Suozzi

Member, U.S. House of Representatives

Democratic Party

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Sándor Székely

Member of the National Assembly

Independent

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The Rt Hon the Lord John Taylor of Holbeach CBE

Member of the House of Lords

The Conservative Party

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Ágnes Vadai

Vice Chair, National Assembly's Defense and Law Enforcement Committee

Democratic Coalition

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Silviu Vexler

Chair, Chamber of Deputies' Friendship Parliamentary Group with the State of Israel

Group of the National Minorities

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Joël Voordewind

Vice Chair, House of Representatives of the Netherlands' Foreign Affairs Committee

Christian Union Party

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Veronika Vrecionová

Member of the European Parliament

ECR Group

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Christoph de Vries

Member, Interior and Homeland Committee of the Bundestag

Christian Democratic Union of Germany

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Marian Wendt

Chair, Bundestag's Petition Committee

Christian Democratic Union of Germany

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Javier Zarzalejos

Member, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

EPP Group

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Emanuelis Zingeris

Chair, Parliament of Lithuania's Transatlantic Relations and Democratic Development Subcommittee

Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party

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Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez

Member, Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean of the European Parliament

EPP Group

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Željana Zovko

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

EPP Group

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Milan Zver

Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Countries of South Asia

EPP Group

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