Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. For those of us on the left who support Israel and want to see the forces of peace, progress and moderation advance in the Middle East, the last decade was without Read more…
LFI last week launched a major new publication examining the changing shape of the Middle East. From the growing threat posed by Iranian expansionism to diplomatic shifting sands and demographic changes, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is an important contribution to Labour’s foreign policy development. Launch event The pamphlet was Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel chair, Steve McCabe MP, has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. The obsession with Israel-Palestine means my party has neglected other vital issues The past decade has seen a series of momentous events sweep the Middle East: the Arab Spring, Read more…
LFI this week launches a major new publication on the changing shape of the Middle East. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the growing threat posed by an expansionist Iran, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is designed to contribute to the evolution of Labour’s foreign policy development. What’s in it The Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel Lords chair, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency, and his approach since taking office, demonstrate a progressive, pro-Israel agenda which Labour should study carefully as it seeks to Read more…
Click here for a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: The New Middle East Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach, a collection of essays exploring the dramatic changes in the Middle East in the last decade, and asking how Labour foreign policy should Read more…
Join us for the launch of LFI’s new publication The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach a selection of essays discussing the changing political landscape in the region. This new essay collection seeks to challenge assumptions about the Middle East and broaden the debate on the left, which is too often disproportionately focussed on Israel. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, Read more…
Some 65 UK parliamentarians have signed an open letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, calling for the UK to “substantiate its support for peaceful coexistence” between Israelis and Palestinians by taking up one of the international seats on the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. LFI chair Steve McCabe was joined Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb have written the below op-ed for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Steve McCabe and CFI chair Stephen Crabb put aside political difference to condemn rising antisemitism amid the violence Read more…
LFI would like to express its huge thanks to Peter Lerner, International Director General of Histadrut, the Israeli TUC, for taking the time to speak at our event with BITUD on Wednesday 12 May. Peter discussed the response to the Covid crisis by Israeli trade unions, as well as his Read more…
LFI and BITUD invites you to us in conversation with Peter Lerner. 12 May 2021, 7pm via Zoom. The last year has seen a crisis for workers that is truly global. This webinar will hear from the Histadrut’s (Israeli TUC) International Director General, Peter Lerner, to talk about the response Read more…
Labour candidate and incumbent London mayoral Sadiq Khan spoke about his friendship and partnership with Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai this week, at a London mayoral Jewish community hustings organised by the Jewish London Forum, Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies. He talked about how he had worked Read more…