LFI Parliamentary Supporter has written to Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Palestinian Authority that governs DFID’s aid to the PA. You can read the letter here.
This article first appeared on Jewish News. You can read the full, original letter here. Labour Friends of Israel has called for the Home Secretary to ban a leading Palestinian leadership contender from entry into the UK. LFI chair Joan Ryan MP asked Amber Rudd to bar Jibril Rajoub, a 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…
This article was published by Jewish News on 3 May 2016 and is available here: http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/lfi-chair-calls-for-end-to-uk-aid-to-palestinian-civil-servants-amid-terror-funding-claims/ MP calls for end to UK aid to Palestinian civil servants amid terror funding claims Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan has called for the suspension of UK government aid to Palestinian civil servants Read more…
Joan Ryan has urged the Prime Minister to “think again” after he rejected her call for an independent review into how Britain’s aid money is spent in Israel-Palestine. In February, LFI’s Chair wrote to David Cameron raising her concerns about the Palestinian Authority’s role in inciting the current wave of Read more…
Click here for the original letter to Cameron on PA funding. Article by Sandy Rashty for the Jewish Chronicle. Article available here British taxpayers’ money cannot be used to provide a “blank cheque” to the Palestinian Authority, a Labour MP has said. Joan Ryan, Labour Friends of Israel chair, said she Read more…
LFI chair Joan Ryan this week urged the government to pressure the Palestinian Authority to put an end incitement to violence. At questions to the Secretary of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on Tuesday, Joan Ryan asked the Minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood MP: “On new year’s day, Nashat Melhem Read more…
Dear David, I am writing to you about the terrible violence which is currently engulfing Israel. The brutal attacks on Israeli civilians are without justification and I would ask that you convey to the Israeli government that the British people stand with the people of Israel at this most difficult Read more…