Officials from the Palestinian Authority have demanded hundreds of millions of dollars and more control of land in the West Bank during talks in Riyadh with Saudi counterparts as part of the three-way deal involving the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel. The deal would involve Saudi recognition of Israel and Read more…
Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Chipping Barnet, Dan Tomlinson, has written the below article about our recent LFI delegation to Israel and Palestine for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Last week, I had pleasure of joining Labour Friends of Israel’s largest ever delegation of parliamentary candidates to Israel Read more…
The largest ever Labour Friends of Israel delegation of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories last week. The five-day delegation provided a wide-ranging introduction to Israel and the wider Middle East, with opportunities to learn about the country’s history, its dynamic and innovative economy, and the importance of Read more…
Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Dover, Mike Tapp, has written the below article about our recent LFI delegation to Israel and Palestine for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. I recently had the privilege of joining a Labour Friends of Israel delegation on a visit to Israel and Palestine. Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has today joined more than 100 UK Jewish community figures in signing an open letter to the Israeli government pledging their support to pro-democracy protesters opposing ministers’ power grab at the expense of Israel’s judiciary. The letter, addressed to ministers in the Israeli government, expresses “deep Read more…
One million Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of the 2020 Abraham Accords. Speaking to the Jewish News, Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat said: “almost one-in-ten Israelis has visited the UAE since the end of 2020”. There are currently more than 200 weekly flights between the Read more…
Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has flown to Washington today in an effort to bridge the growing gap between the Netanyahu government and Biden administration. The trip, Herzog’s second since Biden became president, comes before prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had even received his first invitation to meet with Biden since he Read more…
An Israeli man was shot and seriously wounded in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday morning. His two daughters were also lightly hurt in the attack. According to the IDF, a Palestinian gunman opened fire from a passing vehicle at the victim’s car on a highway Read more…
The first Labour Friends of Israel delegation of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) since 2014 last week met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. What happened The delegation, led by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and joined by Luciana Berger – who rejoined the Labour party in February this year – Read more…
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish its latest policy pamphlet, Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology. This publication explores the nature and origins of anti-Zionism as an ideology Read more…
In his response to this afternoon’s statement on Iran, Shadow Foreign Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP made clear that the government must go further to deal with the threats posed to the UK and Israel by the Iranian regime. Lammy set out the case against Tehran: “In Read more…
At today’s Urgent Question on recent violence in the West Bank, shadow Minister for the Middle East and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David MP used his comments to reaffirm Labour’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism, and condemned today’s terror attack in Tel Aviv, which injured seven Read more…