Labour Friends of Israel Lords chair, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency, and his approach since taking office, demonstrate a progressive, pro-Israel agenda which Labour should study carefully as it seeks to Read more…
Click here for a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: The New Middle East Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach, a collection of essays exploring the dramatic changes in the Middle East in the last decade, and asking how Labour foreign policy should Read more…
Israel will send South Korea some 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that are due to expire shortly in a deal signed between the two nations on Tuesday. The deal was announced by Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, who called the deal a “win-win” situation for both countries. The deal Read more…
The Palestinian Authority has been rocked by a series of protests in the past month in an outburst of frustration prompted by the death of anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat in PA custody last month. What happened Banat’s death at the hands of Palestinian officials drew fresh attention to what critics Read more…
Join us for the launch of LFI’s new publication The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach a selection of essays discussing the changing political landscape in the region. This new essay collection seeks to challenge assumptions about the Middle East and broaden the debate on the left, which is too often disproportionately focussed on Israel. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over After multiple delays and much foot-dragging, the European Union has finally published the investigation into the Palestinian Authority curriculum it commissioned two Read more…
The political bureau chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has met with Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, in the Lebanese capital Beirut this week. The two reportedly discussed the recent 11-day bout of fighting between Israel and Gaza-based terror groups led by Hamas, and how they might build on the experience Read more…
UK ministers have avoided making any concrete commitments to tackle incitement to violence in the Palestinian Authority school curriculum, despite the findings of a recently published independent study. What happened In a Westminster Hall debate this morning, Foreign and International Development Office minister James Duddridge avoided any firm pledges of Read more…
The Palestinian Authority announced its intention to cancel a coronavirus vaccine exchange deal with Israel on Friday, just days after an agreement was reached. It is thought that the PA cancelled the deal in part to counter the increasing popularity of the hardline Hamas terrorist group. The announcement focused on the Read more…
A senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group said on Saturday that Gaza-based terrorists have warned Egyptian mediators of a violent response should Israel continue to retaliate against balloon-borne incendiary devices that have burned crops and property in southern Israel. The comments came a month after the Read more…
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has today written to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab following the publication of the Georg Eckert Institute’s review of Palestinian school textbooks, which found that the Palestinian Authority systematically and purposefully inserts antisemitism, hatred towards Israel, and incitement to violence in textbooks for Palestinian children. In Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin last week condemned the “shocking” threats made by Hamas against staff working in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Rubin’s comments came as it emerged that staff, including UNRWA’s director of operations Matthias Schamale, had been ordered to leave Gaza after describing Israeli Read more…