Labour Friends of Israel was delighted today to partner with the Jewish Labour Movement to organise a series of sessions on Israel and the Middle East as part of their one-day conference. First up was a fascinating discussion between Dame Louise Ellman and Labour’s shadow Middle East minister Bambos Charalambous, Read more…
Last week, Likud Knesset member Danny Danon told an international Abraham Accords forum that he expects to “see an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia in the coming year.” Diplomats, business leaders and high ranking academics gathered in Rome at the Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit to discuss ways to expand Read more…
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Gaza Reconstruction Revitalisation and Reality Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish our third policy pamphlet of the year: Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality. This publication explores the causes of the present political and humanitarian crises in Gaza, and what steps might Read more…
Israel’s likely next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has insisted that he would not allow any restrictions on LGBT rights in Israel, amid growing concerns over his coalition deals with far-right partners, including the homophobic Noam party. As per a deal last week, Noam has been granted control over the education Read more…
The escalating situation in the West Bank is likely to only get worse in the coming year as current tensions should not simply view this as a ‘wave of terror’ according to several Israeli officials. Brig. Gen. Amit Saar said that Iran will be the most challenging issue posing Israel Read more…
Isaac Herzog this week returned to Israel after a two-day visit to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli President’s visit underlined the changed relationship between the two Gulf states and the Jewish state following the Abraham Accords, while also highlighting some potential difficulties on the horizon. What happened Read more…
Israel’s outgoing transportation minister and leader of the Israeli Labor party, Merav Michaeli, on Monday set out her view that recent violence in Israel was directly linked to violence in the West Bank and the political rise of the far right. “A straight line connects the violence against Arabs and Read more…
An Israeli woman was seriously wounded on Tuesday following a car ramming attack in the West Bank. Surveillance footage of the attack near the West Bank settlement of Migron, north of Jerusalem, showed a black SUV turning to drive into a female soldier. The vehicle rammed into the woman on Read more…
Religious Zionism, the alliance of far-right parties widely expected to partner with former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form Israel’s next government, have declared that negotiations were “back at square one” after talks collapsed on Tuesday. The bone of contention has reportedly been the allocation of ministerial roles to party leaders, Read more…
19 people have been injured, with one confirmed casualty, following two explosions in West Jerusalem this morning in what is thought to be a double terror attack. A third bomb was defused last night on the light rail track near Jerusalem’s central bus station. The first victim of the attack Read more…
Today, Israeli Labor party leader Merav Michaeli met with Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow foreign secretary David Lammy in Parliament to strengthen and reaffirm the sister party relationship between Havoda and UK Labour. The meeting followed Merav’s address to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch yesterday.
*** Check against delivery *** Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch Tuesday 22 November 2022 Steve McCabe MP, Chair Labour Friends of Israel Introduction Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to Labour Friends of Israel’s Annual Lunch. We wouldn’t be Read more…