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…
Labour’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Spokesperson in the House of Lords, Lord Collins of Highbury, has today urged the government to do more to support the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in the debate following a government statement on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the House of Lords. Lord Collins, Read more…
LFI parliamentarians have today taken part in two parliamentary debates on human rights for Palestinians. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP spoke at length during the debate, in which he highlighted the dire human rights records of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza, respectively. McCabe set Read more…
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. As President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week reminds us, the Good Friday Agreement is rightly seen as a model – and source of hope – for conflict-resolution throughout the world. But Read more…
At today’s Urgent Question on talks to de-escalate the violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, LFI parliamentarians pushed the UK government to demonstrate leadership to bring Israel and the Palestinians together in a peace process, with the goal of a negotiated two-state solution. LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson Read more…
A number of online videos are being shared on Palestinian social media channels which provide detailed instructions on how to murder Israeli civilians, the Jewish Chronicle has reported. The clips, which are being widely shared on apps like Telegram, YouTube, Facebook and other platforms, have emerged amid a wave of terror attacks Read more…
The IDF locked down the area surrounding the West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday evening, following a Palestinian terrorist attack. An Israeli couple were injured in the shooting exactly three weeks after two Israelis were killed in a similar gun attack in the town. American-born Michael Stern was taken to hospital Read more…