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Dame Louise Ellman: This is how a warped narrative gets legitimised

Posted 8 November, 2024 in Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman I was an MP for over two decades so am rarely surprised by the amount of time parliament spends focused on Israel. Even I, however, was taken aback by the degree to…

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UK-Israel aerial defence collaboration

Posted 1 November, 2024 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Today, Labour Friends of Israel publishes UK-Israel Aerial Defence Collaboration: Towards a British Iron Shield, a policy briefing on the lessons Britain can learn from Israel on aerial defence to protect civilians and infrastructure against missile attacks.  Since its creation in 1948, Israel has lived under the constant threat of attack, fighting a number of…

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Former Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli visits London with LFI

Posted 1 November, 2024 in Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer meets with former Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli Merav Michaeli, sitting Knesset member and the former leader of the Israeli Labor party, this week visited London as a guest of Labour Friends of Israel. During her visit, Merav met with Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP and chair of the Foreign…

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Minister: Snapback sanctions on Tehran “an option” as new sanctions imposed

Posted 23 October, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP Introducing new sanctions against the Iranian regime in the House of Commons today, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP has confirmed that snapback sanctions "remain an option" for the government should Iran continue to flout the JCPOA nuclear deal. Later, he said: "Let me be clear: Iran’s actions in relation…

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Labour MPs raise Israeli-Palestinian coexistence support and Iranian proxies at Foreign Office Questions

Posted 22 October, 2024 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
At today's Foreign Office Questions session, a number of Labour parliamentarians asked questions relating to LFI campaigns, including UK support for Israeli-Palestinian people-to-people coexistence funding and Iranian support for terrorist proxies. LFI chair Jon Pearce asked: "In 2020, the US committed £250 million to support peace building and Palestinian economic development. Will the Minister consider…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce MP addresses the House of Commons, 2024

October 7 anniversary debate in Parliament

Posted 8 October, 2024 in Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Yesterday, LFI chair Jon Pearce secured an adjournment debate in Parliament to mark the first anniversary of Hamas' barbaric attacks into Israel on October 7th. A number of Labour MPs attended the emotional debate and reiterated their calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the 101 remaining hostages. Jon started his speech by describing…

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Prime Minister delivers statement on October 7 anniversary

Posted 7 October, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Today, the Prime Minister delivered a statement to the house on the anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks. He opened the statement noting that October 7 "was the bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust". The anniversary marked "a day of sorrow, a day of grief" in which "over a thousand people were…

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Starmer: The UK stands with Israel after Iranian ballistic missile attack

Posted 2 October, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News
On Tuesday night, the eve of the Jewish new year, nearly ten million Israelis ran for bomb shelters as sirens blared across the country following the launch of 181 ballistic missiles towards the country by Iran, marking the largest-ever single ballistic missile attack. This is the second time that Iran has launched direct attacks on…

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LFI statement on the conflict on Israel’s northern border

Posted 26 September, 2024 in Hezbollah, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News
The deaths and displacement of innocent civilians - whether in Israel, Palestine or Lebanon - are heartbreaking, and an agreement is urgently needed to bring about a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. We join the UK government, and Israel’s other allies, in calling for restraint and de-escalation. The decision of Hezbollah, armed and financed by…

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Israeli hostage families meet with Labour parliamentarians

Posted 25 September, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Hostage families meet with Mark Sewards MP (top left); Julie Minns MP and Alan Gemmell MP (top right); Mike Tapp MP (bottom left); and Rachel Blake MP and James Frith MP (bottom right) Visiting hostage family members met with a number of Labour parliamentarians and party figures during their time in Liverpool as guests of LFI…

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