French journalist and analyst Catherine Perez-Shakdam has been appointed to lead the advocacy group “We Believe in Israel”,  succeeding Luke Akehurst, who was recently elected as the Labour MP for Durham North.

Perez-Shakdam is a former United Nations Security Council consultant on Yemen and is known for her work on Islamic terrorism, radicalisation and antisemitism.

We Believe in Israel has led calls to proscribe the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and spearheaded a campaign to remove extreme anti-Israel content from Spotify.