Keir Starmer last week thanked Labour Friends of Israel for “giving him the space” he needed to tackle antisemitism in the party, as he addressed a packed LFI conference reception at Labour party conference in Liverpool.He heralded LFI’s work: “when we go back into government, and we will, you’ll be Read more…
Labour leader Keir Starmer last night addressed a capacity crowd of over 300 at Labour Friends of Israel’s conference reception in Liverpool. Labour members and LFI supporters were addressed by a number of prominent party figures, including leader Keir Starmer, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Read more…
Labour leader Keir Starmer has today welcomed Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy to Parliament. In the meeting, which was also joined by LFI chair Steve McCabe, Mickey thanked Keir for his leadership in tackling antisemitism in the Labour Party. The pair also discussed the crucial importance of strengthening UK-Israel ties.
A number of Labour MPs have this week joined colleagues from across Parliament to welcome Knesset speaker Michael Levy to London. On Wednesday, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle hosted a reception for the his Israeli counterpart, which saw the two Speakers speak about the UK and Israel’s proud democratic traditions and Read more…
Today’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions saw a number of Labour parliamentarians push the Government to take a tougher stance on Iran and its proxies in the Middle East. LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP began the session by urging the government to challenge “Whitehall resistance” and proscribe the Iranian Read more…
UK Parliamentarians have today taken part in a memorial service to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Massacre, when eight Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 Israelis and one West German police officer at the Olympics. An outdoor service took place at the Palace of Westminster, led by Commons Speaker Read more…
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy was joined by LFI director Michael Rubin on a visit to Israel last week, as part of a three-day fact-finding mission in which he also visited Jordan and the Palestinian Territories. During the visit, David visited Yad Vashem to pay respect to the victims of Read more…
LFI was delighted to today host a conversation between Young Labour activists and their counterparts in our sister Israeli Labor party, Noar Havoda. The activists, aged between 14-20, discussed the many shared issues facing young people in the UK and Israel, including mental health provision and extending LGBT+ rights. The Read more…
Labour leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a future Labour government would work directly with the Community Security Trust (CST) in a concerted effort to “break the levels” of violent threats, antisemitism and hate crime in the UK. Speaking during his visit to Berlin last week, where he met with Read more…
Young Labour activist Kira Lewis has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joining last month’s delegation of Young Labour activists, which allowed me to see all of Israel and travel into the West Bank, has reaffirmed my understanding of the complexity of the tragic Read more…
Israel’s transport minister and leader of the Israeli Labor party, Merav Michaeli, said on Monday that she would not rule out sitting in a government with the ultra-Orthodox parties following elections later this year. She also ruled out running with Meretz, Israel’s other left-wing party. Michaeli, a strong supporter of Read more…
At a Backbench Business Debate co-sponsored by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP yesterday, shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP laid out Labour’s “serious concern” about “the threats that Iran has made against Israel”. He also made clear Labour’s view that “there is an imperative” to move the issues of Read more…