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LFI parliamentary supporter Neil Coyle MP pushes government on UNRWA ties to Hamas

Posted 27 February, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter Neil Coyle MP At today's statement on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, LFI parliamentary supporter Neil Coyle MP raised the issue of UNRWA's alleged connections with Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, in the context of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. He asked: "Palestinians desperately need aid, so which organisations…

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Analysis: Hope for hostage deal as world looks to Rafah

Posted 23 February, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
IDF troops inside the Gaza Strip > IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. On the ground Israeli military operations are ongoing in Khan Younis to dismantle Hamas brigades and locate tunnels and weapons, as well as in parts of Gaza City to prevent Hamas returning to areas taken over by the IDF…

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LFI director: Post-Bibi: Aligning two-state hopes with Israeli fears after 7 October

Posted 22 February, 2024 in Coexistence, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Israeli Politics, News
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Fathom Journal. Click here to read the original. LFI director Michael Rubin After 7 October the idea that any Palestinian actor can be trusted to control territory on Israel’s borders is scarcely credible to most Israelis. Yet the US, the UK, and the EU are pushing for…

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Shadow foreign secretary sets out Labour’s support for sustainable ceasefire

Posted 21 February, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP At tonight's opposition day debate on a ceasefire in Gaza in the House of Commons, shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP set out Labour's view of the terms needed for a sustainable ceasefire. Lammy said: "Labour supports an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, a stop to fighting by both…

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LFI parliamentarians argue for sustainable ceasefire in Commons debate

Posted 21 February, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
At tonight's opposition day debate on a ceasefire in Gaza, LFI parliamentary supporters set out the terms that would be required to ensure that any ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is sustainable and lasting. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP LFI chair Steve McCabe MP said: "I want a ceasefire. We need a ceasefire, and how I wish…

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LFI director: Don’t under-estimate the disastrous impact of Israeli “settler-colonial” myths

Posted 20 February, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI logo The furore over the candidacy of Azhar Ali in Rochdale is a potent reminder of both the power – and destructive quality – of conspiracy theories. Keir Starmer’s decision to withdraw Labour’s support from Ali was the right one.…

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LFI sets out steps to a sustainable ceasefire

Posted 19 February, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel logo Keir Starmer is right: we urgently need an end to the fighting and a permanent and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza. How do we get there? Hamas must be disarmed and have no role in the future governance of Gaza. All the Israeli hostages must be immediately released and indiscriminate rocket attacks…

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Analysis: Hostage deal in doubt as Hamas insists on control of Gaza

Posted 7 February, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
IDF troops inside the Gaza Strip > IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. On the ground: Latest figures suggest that at least 1,444 Israelis have been killed since 7 October, including in the initial Hamas terror attacks, rocket attacks, and subsequent war in Gaza. Around 132 Israelis are thought to still be being held…

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LFI peers take part in Holocaust Memorial Day debate

Posted 2 February, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Baroness Ramsay, Baroness Anderson, Lord Wood and Baroness Merron At today's Holocaust Memorial Day debate in the House of Lords, a number of LFI peers spoke about antisemitism, Israel, and LFI. LFI's chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay, reflected on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas since 7 October, and particularly the recent revelations…

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LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson: Bearing witness to the October 7 pogrom was harrowing

Posted 31 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent H arrowing. That is the only word I’ve been able to use about the Labour Friends of Israel solidarity visit to Israel I went on at the beginning of January.…

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