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Labour MPs welcome Knesset Speaker to Parliament

Posted 21 September, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Reception for Speaker Levy hosted by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 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…

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Labour MPs push government to be tougher on Iran

Posted 6 September, 2022 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
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 LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP began the session by urging the government to challenge "Whitehall resistance" and proscribe the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary…

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Labour MPs attend Munich Olympics memorial ceremony

Posted 5 September, 2022 in Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, News
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 Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Also in attendance…

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Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits Israel with LFI

Posted 29 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
David Lammy laying a wreath on behalf of the Labour Party at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem 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…

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LFI hosts conversation between UK and Israeli Young Labour activists

Posted 20 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
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 virtual discussion follows on from a delegation…

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Young Labour activist Kira Lewis: Labour cannot drift back into equivocating on Israel’s existence

Posted 17 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
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 conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The…

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Shadow Minister: Labour “seriously concerned” by Iranian threat to Israel

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
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 Tehran's ballistic missile programme, its support…

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LFI chair speaks in backbench business debate on Iran and the JCPOA

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP spoke in today's Backbench Business Debate on Iran and the JCPOA, which he co-sponsored alongside Robert Jenrick MP. He called for a "clear-sighted and comprehensive strategy" to tackle the Iranian regime's many malign activities. Discussing Tehran's ballistic missile programme, he  also reminded colleagues that "the destruction of the State of Israel is…

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Next generation of Labour activists join LFI delegation

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
A delegation of Young Labour activists is this week visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories on a joint delegation organised by LFI and We Believe in Israel. What’s happening The trip is LFI’s first activist delegation to the region in more than a decade. The itinerary has given delegates a varied introduction to Israel as a…

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