Labour conference fringe event: Testimonies from protective presence activists
Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 6:00 pm
📍 The Liverpool Pub, 14 James Street, Liverpool L2 7PQ
As part of our involvement in the Protect The Harvest coalition, UK Friends of Standing Together invites you to meet two British-Jewish activists from Achvat Amim (Solidarity of Nations, another Protect The Harvest partner organisation) to discuss their involvement in "protective presence" activity in the occupied West Bank.
As part of our involvement in the Protect The Harvest coalition, UK Friends of Standing Together invites you to meet two British-Jewish activists from Achvat Amim (Solidarity of Nations, another Protect The Harvest partner organisation) to discuss their involvement in "protective presence" activity in the occupied West Bank.
Daniel Mautner and David Legmann (bios below) will discuss:
- Settler violence in the West Bank and the responses to it by the IDF, Israeli politicians, and Israeli civil society.
- Protective presence as means to combat settler violence, and the Protect the Harvest coalition.
- The response of the international community to settler violence: what can be useful and what distracts from bringing about a change?
The event will feature presentations from the speakers, followed by an opportunity for questions and comments. Please register to attend via this link.
This meeting is taking place as a fringe event at the Labour Party conference, with the cosponsorship of Simon Opher MP. We hope to discuss how Labour Party members can build support for groups in Israel-Palestine engaged in protective presence, and other forms of anti-occupation activity, within the party and wider labour movement.
However, the venue is outside the conference cordon and the event is open to members of the public, as well as conference delegates and attendees.
Venue: The Liverpool Pub 14 James St., L2 7PQ Click here for Google Maps reference
Daniel Mautner
Daniel is a British human rights and peace activist based in Jerusalem. He has coordinated and taken part in protective presence in the West Bank, most recently with Achvat Amim and CJNV, as well as volunteering in ambulances and with the Jerusalem Youth Chorus. He is pursuing an M.A. in Religion, Culture and Peace Studies at the United Nations University for Peace.
David Legmann
David is a British-French activist and researcher specialising in Israel-Palestine. He recently completed two protective presence programs in the West Bank; one with Achvat Amim, the other with CJNV. He holds an MA in International Relations from KCL, and soon aims to begin a PhD focusing on shifts in political opinion within the British Jewish community regarding Israel-Palestine.