Today, LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay met with Samah Salaime, Head of Communications and Development at the Village of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, a community founded to demonstrate cooperation and friendship between Israeli Jews and Arabs. Samah was visiting London in association with Oasis of Peace UK. In their conversation, they Read more…
The European parliament last week passed a resolution condemning the Palestinian Authority over “hateful” content in its textbooks and conditioning future educational funding on the removal of antisemitic material. The vote marked the fourth consecutive year that the parliament has passed a resolution criticising Ramallah for the content of its educational curriculum. This Read more…
A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad appeared to be holding, bringing to a close five days of conflict in Gaza and the Jewish state. What happened The Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came into force at 10pm on Saturday night. It was followed by a barrage of rockets from Gaza, and retaliatory Read more…
The start of May has seen a significant escalation in tensions and violence in Israel and Gaza, following on from a spate of terror attacks and counter-terror operations in recent months. What happened More than 350 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza in recent days, some of which were launched at Read more…
In today’s House of Lords question on Palestinian civilian casualties, LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg reminded colleagues of the malign influence of Iran as a barrier to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly through the funding of terrorist groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah. He asked: “My Lords, Read more…
The European Union will make sure it does not fund Palestinian Authority school textbooks that incite hatred against Israel and Jews, EU commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement Oliver Varhelyi said last week. “Israel does not oppose aid to the Palestinian Authority, but we will not allow a situation in which Read more…
104 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza yesterday following the death in custody of an affiliate of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, following an 86-day hunger strike. An IDF spokesman said the projectiles included rockets, mortars, and shoulder-launched missiles fired at Israeli aircraft over Gaza. The Iron Dome air Read more…
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Tehran’s much-feared ideological army – has effectively taken charge of the Iranian economy, secret documents published last weekend indicate. The revelations – published by the Sunday Times – come amid warnings about IRGC assassination plots in Britain and its efforts to rally terror groups Read more…
This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentarians joined a Britain-Israel APPG briefing from Tamir Hayman, managing director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), on the security situation in the Middle East, including the threat posed by Iran and the domestic situation in Israel.
At today’s Foreign Office Questions session, LFI parliamentarians questioned the government on a number of issues relating to Israel and the Middle East. Shadow Tech Minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP asked what work the Foreign Office was doing to encourage the use of innovative tech and AI Read more…
This week has seen at least two attempted terror attacks against Israelis so far, as the Jewish state marked Yom HaZikaron, its memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, on Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, five people were wounded in a car-ramming terror attack near Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market. Read more…
Yesterday was Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s independence day. This year marks a particular milestone as Israel celebrates its 75th birthday! Formal celebrations A national ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem led celebrations of yesterday’s anniversary, as government officials, security leaders and other prominent Israelis gathered for a ceremonial torch-lighting honouring citizens for their Read more…