Nearly 500 people attended Monday night’s Labour Leadership Hustings event organised by LFI in partnership with the Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Labour Movement and JW3. Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Kendall appeared at the event which was chaired by Jewish Chronicle and Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland. Much of Read more…
Watch the live stream of the Labour Party Leadership Hustings at JW3 tonight in association with JW3, the Jewish Chronicle, and the Jewish Labour Movement.
This article was published by LabourList on 20 July 2015 and is available here: http://labourlist.org/2015/07/tonights-hustings-could-begin-to-rebuild-the-bridges-between-labour-and-the-jewish-community/ Tonight’s hustings could begin to rebuild the bridges between Labour and the Jewish community Among the many depressing moments on election night was the result from Hendon. Number three seat on Labour’s target list, it required Read more…
Labour Leadership Hustings We are delighted to invite you to a special LFI Labour Leadership hustings with the JC, JLM and JW3 on Monday 20 July, 8.30pm at JW3. All four candidates for the party’s leadership – Andy Burnham MP, Yvette Cooper MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP and Liz Kendall MP Read more…
Hendon was the number three seat on Labour’s target list going into last week’s general election. But, despite needing a swing of only 0.2 per cent, Andrew Dismore, the unimpeachably pro-Israel former Labour MP who represented the seat prior to 2010, was defeated. A similar sad story was repeated elsewhere, Read more…
Chief Rabbi, my Lords, Ladies and Gentleman. Thank you for inviting me here this morning. It’s great to see so many old friends. To meet new friends. It’s also good to be here with Michael Gove. We sit on opposite benches of the House of Commons. In the forthcoming general Read more…
Published by Progress on 19 March In its early days, many people on the British left offered the young, embattled state of Israel their staunch support: Harold Wilson, Ian Mikado, Barbara Castle, Richard Crossman and Eric Heffer were all early supporters of Labour Friends of Israel. That support stemmed not Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel have just returned from a very successful four day-long visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with four Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidates and two Labour Members of Parliament. Dame Tessa Jowell MP, who held several senior ministerial positions under PM Tony Blair and PM Gordon Brown, Read more…
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, in a speech to Labour Friends of Israel, said: Friends, it is once again a privileged to have the opportunity to address the annual LFI lunch. I would like to thank everyone from LFI for organising today’s lunch, and I am sure Read more…
Ed Miliband showed strong solidarity with Israel and highlighted his personal connection to the country on his first visit as Leader of the Labour Party. The Labour Leader was joined by his wife Justine, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander, political advisors and LFI director Jennifer Gerber. Ed Miliband met with Read more…
The Labour delegates, 29th September to 4th October, explored how to strengthen the bilateral strategic defence relationship; discussed how we can support each other against common challenges; and were briefed on the threats facing Israel as well as the security challenges in the Palestinian territories. Joining Jim on the visit were LFI Read more…
Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband, Israeli MK Hilik Bar, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub and LFI Chair Anne McGuire addressed the 2013 LFI Annual Reception; and, with BICOM, we held a panel debate how the left can best support a two state solution Addressing the LFI Annual Read more…