Joan Ryan Letter to Israeli Ambassador re: Khan al-Ahmar
LFI chair Rt. Hon Joan Ryan MP has written to Israeli Ambassador H.E Mark Regev regarding Khan al-Ahmar. You can read the letter here.
Analysis: Prince William set to undertake first Royal visit to Israel
When Prince William arrives in Israel next week, it will be the first official royal visit to the country in the Jewish state’s 70-year history. The visit will underline the growing bond between Britain and Israel, and help put to bed historical strains in relations between the two countries. It is believed Read more…
Analysis: Iran tightens its grip on Syria
Over the past five years, Iran has played a major role in assisting President Assad to the brink of victory in Syria’s bloody civil war. However, the Islamic republic’s actions have not been driven simply but its long-standing friendship with the Syrian regime. Instead, Iran has used the civil war Read more…
Joan Ryan writes to Sajid Javid over Al Quds Day
LFI chair Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP has written to the Home Secretary regarding this weekend’s Al Quds Day march. You can see the letter here. Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, said: “I am appalled that the government should once again have allowed this Read more…
Analysis: Will Hezbollah flags fly in London this weekend?
This weekend’s Al-Quds Day parade may once again see the flags of Hezbollah, an antisemitic terror group, flying in the streets of central London. Initiated by Ayatollah Khomeni in 1979, Al Quds Day is now marked internationally, normally at the end of Ramadan. Its intent – to destroy the state Read more…
Labour MPs visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories on LFI delegation
Seven Labour parliamentarians toured Israel and the Palestinian territories this week on a delegation run by Labour Friends of Israel. LFI parliamentary chair Joan Ryan led the delegation, and she was joined by MPs Louise Ellman, Andrew Gwynne, Stephen Morgan, Sharon Hodgson, and Jonathan Reynolds, as well as Lord Roy Kennedy. The delegation Read more…
Metropolitan police confirm to LFI vice-chair Hezbollah flags can be flown on Al-Quds day due to government policy
In a letter to Louise Ellman MP, vice-chair of LFI, Commander Jane Connors of the Metropolitan police confirmed that the Hezbollah flag can be flown at this year’s Al-Quds day protest in London as the terror group’s “political wing” is not proscribed by parliament. The letter makes clear that it Read more…
Analysis: Why we all need to reflect when we talk about Gaza
This post, by LFI Director Jennifer Gerber, first appeared on Progress Simple narratives that seek to cast all the blame of the Gaza conflict on one side are as naive as they are unhelpful to the cause of peace, writes Labour Friends of Israel’s Jennifer Gerber On Tuesday Labour Friends Read more…
Analysis: Trump should mend, not end, the Iran nuclear deal
President Trump’s decision yesterday to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear agreement deals a severe, possibly fatal, blow to the 2015 agreement which aims to prevent the Islamic republic from resuming its nuclear programme. Trump says he will reimpose sanctions on Iran, which were lifted in return Read more…
Louise Ellman urges action on Al Quds Day demonstration
LFI vice-chair Louise Ellman MP has written to the home secretary, Sajid Javid MP, and Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick, regarding the upcoming Al Quds Day demonstration. You can read her letters here.
Analysis: Trump’s peace plan: the ultimate deal?
President Trump’s long-awaited Middle East plan is close to completion, according to reports in the US media last weekend. The timing of its release is not yet confirmed and details of its contents are highly guarded. However, the president’s enthusiasm for negotiating the “ultimate deal” – a peace agreement which brings an Read more…
Analysis: Secret pact between Israel and Egypt against Islamic State
Israel has been covertly launching strikes against Islamic State in Sinai as part of a two-year campaign secretly approved by Egypt, US media revealed last weekend. The airstrikes – carried out by unmarked Israeli warplanes, drones and helicopters – are estimated to be taking place at the rate of Read more…