At today’s Foreign Office Questions session, ministers were asked about the welfare of the 98 remaining Israeli hostages and humanitarian access to them by Labour MPs. Jake Richards MP asked: “I am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for his answer. Last month I had the privilege of meeting Mandy, Emily’s Read more…
At today’s Backbench Business Debate on the impact of conflict on women and girls, a number of Labour MPs highlighted the sexual violence against Israeli women and girls committed by Hamas and other terror groups during the 7 October Hamas attacks. In her speech, LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP said: Read more…
At today’s urgent question in the House of Commons on the situation in northern Gaza, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP set out a number of the government’s positions on the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including the government’s strategy for a post-war Gaza. Foreign Affairs Select Committee chair Emily Thornberry Read more…
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Last year, the Iranian regime celebrated the 45th anniversary of the revolution which brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power and ushered in more than four decades of brutal repression at home and the export Read more…
At today’s urgent question in the House of Commons on the situation in northern Gaza, LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked the Middle East Minister about its efforts to secure access for humanitarian organisations to the around 100 Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza. He asked: “In recent weeks Read more…
LFI today publishes After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace, a policy paper on what needs to be done after the Gaza war to marginalise the enemies of peace. For Britain, Europe and pragmatic Arab states, the foundational principle – that a negotiated two-state solution offers the only long-term Read more…
Responding to today’s Petitions Committee debate on two e-petitions relating to the ongoing war in Gaza – calling for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and a suspension of all arms sales to Israel – Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP set out the UK’s approach to the conflict in Read more…
In today’s Petitions Committee debate on two e-petitions relating to the ongoing war in Gaza – calling for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and a suspension of all arms sales to Israel – LFI vice-chair Mike Tapp made a speech warning against “symbolic gestures” and encouraging a focus on Read more…
Following developments in Syria over the weekend, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and former LFI vice-chair Pat McFadden MP has reiterated that the government “will always support Israel’s right to defend itself and make itself secure”. Speaking on Sky News, he continued that the overthrow of Assad “had partly Read more…
At today’s Prime Minister’s Questions session, Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid tribute to Mandy Damari, mother of the last remaining British-Israeli national still being held hostage in Gaza, 28-year-old Emily Damari. He said: “I also note that we are joined in the Gallery today by Mandy Damari, the mother of Read more…
***CHECKED AGAINST DELIVERY*** Chief Rabbi, Honoured Guests… It’s a privilege to be invited to speak to you today. And I’d like to begin by thanking our lunch co-sponsors – Sir David Garrard and Stuart Roden. And I know everyone here will join me in sending our very best wishes to Read more…
Keir Starmer yesterday addressed LFI’s Annual Lunch – its biggest in 15 years – and underlined his support for Israel and a two-state solution. The prime minister also had strong words for Iran, restated the government’s opposition to BDS, and made a major announcement on Britain’s work to help establish Read more…