The Iran nuclear deal was designed to reduce Iran’s nuclear capabilities by increasing the amount of time it would take Iran to develop a nuclear bomb. When the deal was signed, it was believed Iran was only months or weeks away from developing enough nuclear material for a functioning nuclear Read more…
This article originally appeared on JewishNews, you can read it here. The chair of Labour Friends of Israel has told the General Secretary of the Labour Party it is “imperative” that Baroness Royall’s full report on anti-Semitism in the Oxford University Labour Club be published. In a letter to Iain Read more…
Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel said: “We condemn any comparisons between Israel and ISIS. ISIS brutally murders Muslims who do not conform to its twisted ideology, enslaves women and is committing genocide against the Yazidi people. Last month while 200,000 people celebrated Tel Aviv Pride, ISIS Read more…
This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle, you can read it here. There is nothing illegitimate or antisemitic about criticising the actions of the Israeli government. Millions of Israelis – and Jews in Britain – do it every day. However, for at least the past 40 years, a discourse Read more…
This article first appeared on the Jewish Chronicle, you can read it here. The inquiry into antisemitism allegations in the Labour Party must make clear where criticism of Israel turns into Jew-hate, its Friends of Israel group has said. In its submission to the Chakrabarti Inquiry, Labour Friends of Israel Read more…
General Secretary of the Israeli Labor Party and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Hilik Bar, has sent his condolences to the UK Labour Party and to the British people on the brutal murder of Jo Cox MP. Jo’s friends and family have set-up a memorial fund which you can Read more…
This article initially appeared in JewishNews, you can read it here. The government has insisted “safeguards are in place” to ensure UK aid to pay Palestinian civil servants is not misused amid claims that funds could be helping pave the way for salaries to terrorists. Labour Friend of Israel called Read more…
This article was originally posted on LabourList – you can read it here. British aid feeds 25 million under-fives. It supports midwives, nurses and doctors so 4.3 million babies can be born safely. Our aid spending helped tackle Ebola in Africa. It feeds the starving, helps refugees and provides jobs. Read more…
Today, during a Parliamentary debate regarding the UK’s aid spending, Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, made a speech regarding the UK’s aid spending in the Palestinian Authority. Joan repeated her call for an independent inquiry into the matter and pushed for more spending on projects that promote Read more…
This news item was first published by the Jewish Chronicle on 10th June and the full story can be found here. The Chair of Labour Friends of Israel has criticised the government’s internal review of British funding in the Palestinian territories. Joan Ryan, Labour MP for Enfield North, said government’s probe Read more…
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, said: “I unequivocally condemn Wednesday’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. The brutal murder of innocent Israelis in cold blood is completely unjustifiable. My sympathies and thoughts are with the victims and their families at this difficult time. Terrorism has no place in Read more…
LFI vice chair Michael Dugher has said Labour must “root out those people who hold extreme views and expel those who perpetrate anti-Semitism” In a speech to Young UJIA last night, Michael Dugher said: “There is a problem of anti-Semitism in some parts of the Labour Party. “One of the Read more…