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LFI vice chair: Keir’s stance against BDS and antisemitism is true Labour values

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The recent speech to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch by Keir Starmer offered not simply an intellectually coherent outline of his approach to the Middle East but one firmly rooted in our party’s mainstream democratic…

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Steps to a Two State Solution: Freeze Settlement Building

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Two: Freeze settlement building Continued Israeli settlement-building – especially that which occurs beyond the security barrier – represents an obstacle to a two-seat solution. Both in public and in private meetings with senior Israeli government representatives, LFI has consistently called both for an end…

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Analysis: Hamas strikes at the heart of Jerusalem

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Eliyahu David Kay > Facebook, via Times of Israel. A member of Hamas launched a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning, killing one Israeli civilian and wounding four others – including worshippers returning from the Western Wall. What happened  Hamas lauded the attack, in which 26-year-old tour guide Eliyahu David Kay died, as “a…

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LFI chair: For Israel, Palestine and peace, we must work towards a two-state solution

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Earlier this month, we marked the tragic assassination in 1995 of Yitzhak Rabin – an event that robbed Israel of a great soldier and statesman. Rabin’s signing of the Oslo Accords appeared to usher in…

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In Brief: Israel to sign renewable energy swap deal with Arab partners

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East
Solar panels > Fernando Tomas, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel, Jordan and the UAE will reportedly sign a deal by which a solar plant in the Jordanian desert would be built to generate power for Israel in exchange for a desalination plant in Israel to provide Jordan with water. The deal is slated to be…

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Starmer rejects anti-Zionism and BDS at LFI Annual Lunch

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel welcomed Labour leader Keir Starmer as guest of honour to its Annual Lunch this week, which saw capacity crowd in a packed out hall. Success The 2021 Annual Lunch was the first to take place since 2018, after previous lunches had to be cancelled due to the calling of the 2019 general election…

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Steve McCabe’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Posted 16 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP addressing the LFI Annual Lunch. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***   Steve McCabe MP   Chair, Labour Friends of Israel   Speech to LFI Annual Lunch   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends.   It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch.    We wouldn’t be here today…

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Keir Starmer’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Posted 16 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour leader Keir Starmer addressing LFI's Annual Lunch 2021 KEIR STARMER SPEECH FOR LFI ANNUAL LUNCH 2021 *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It is a pleasure to be with you today at LFI’s annual lunch – our first opportunity to gather together since 2018. I want to join Steve in thanking today’s co-sponsors, Sir David…

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Analysis: Palestinian economy on the mend despite challenges

Posted 10 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The economy of the Palestinian territories is exhibiting “signs of recovery” despite serious challenges of unemployment and “deteriorating social conditions” in Gaza, a report by the World Bank said this week. The first half of 2021 saw a growth rate of 5.4 percent, with…

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In Brief: Hamas condemns six Gazans to death for cooperating with Israel

Posted 3 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Hamas, the Islamist terror group which governs Gaza, condemned six people to death last week for cooperating with Israel. The military judiciary in the Gaza Strip also announced additional sentences ranging from hard labour to life imprisonment. Two of those sentenced, a 58-year-old Gazan and a…

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