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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Chancellor and LFI vice-chair Rachel Reeves addresses LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch Rachel Reeves MP Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 18/11/2022   ** Check against delivery **   Thank you, Steve. Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It’s such a pleasure to be here with you at LFI’s annual lunch. And I’m especially grateful to Merav for making the journey from Israel to be with us today. As…

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LFI MPs attend ELNET briefing on Palestinian Authority corruption and authoritarianism

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentary supporters attended an ELNET briefing from the Jewish Chronicle's David Rose on the Palestinian Authority’s increasing authoritarianism and corruption, co-hosted. Democratic reform in the PA is a vital prerequisite to making a two-state solution a reality. The briefing was also addressed by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP about LFI's…

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LFI director: Friends of Israel now face a twin challenge

Posted 14 November, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. UK and Israel flags > UK in Israel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons For many of us, the result of Israel’s election brought back unhappy memories of Donald Trump’s upset defeat of Hillary Clinton six years ago. That’s unsurprising: both contests were…

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Labour MPs keep up pressure to proscribe the IRGC

Posted 8 November, 2022 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
At FCDO Questions this week, Labour MPs again pushed the government to proscribe the IRGC, the Iranian regime's ideological terror army, which has led the crackdown against protestors in Iran in recent months. LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP LFI vice-chair John Spellar joined colleagues from across the House in urging the government to "get on with banning…

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LFI chair and shadow Middle East Minister meet Palestinian start-up delegation

Posted 27 October, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This morning, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP met with a UK-Palestinian Tech Hub delegation of Palestinian start-ups to discuss the opportunities and challenges in Palestinian economic development, a vital aspect of working towards the creation of a Palestinian state. They heard about the impact of the unresolved…

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LFI chair: Steps to a Two State Solution: Positive ways to restart the search for peace

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This year saw the 30th anniversary of the election victory that brought Yitzhak Rabin to power in Israel. Three short years later, after a rare period of hope that the tragic conflict…

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LFI launches Steps to a Two State Solution pamphlet

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel is delighted to publish its latest policy briefing, Steps to a Two State Solution.    The two state solution is the only means by which to guarantee Israel’s security and to preserve its identity as a Jewish and democratic state, as well as to satisfy the legitimate demand of the Palestinian people for self-determination and national sovereignty.  …

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LFI director: UK’s soft approach to Iran human rights violations

Posted 14 October, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jerusalem Post. Click here to read the original. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi > Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons This week, the UK Foreign Office, at last, announced it was imposing a handful of sanctions on Iran as the regime continues to violently crackdown…

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