LFI Director, Jennifer Gerber said: “It’s disgusting that money intended to feed and support the people of Gaza has been hijacked by Hamas to buy rockets and build terror tunnels. It once again shows the complete disdain Hamas have for the people of Gaza and that their priority is the Read more…
This article initially appeared in JewishNews, you can read it here. The government has insisted “safeguards are in place” to ensure UK aid to pay Palestinian civil servants is not misused amid claims that funds could be helping pave the way for salaries to terrorists. Labour Friend of Israel called Read more…
This article was originally posted on LabourList – you can read it here. British aid feeds 25 million under-fives. It supports midwives, nurses and doctors so 4.3 million babies can be born safely. Our aid spending helped tackle Ebola in Africa. It feeds the starving, helps refugees and provides jobs. Read more…
Today, during a Parliamentary debate regarding the UK’s aid spending, Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, made a speech regarding the UK’s aid spending in the Palestinian Authority. Joan repeated her call for an independent inquiry into the matter and pushed for more spending on projects that promote Read more…
This news item was first published by the Jewish Chronicle on 10th June and the full story can be found here. The Chair of Labour Friends of Israel has criticised the government’s internal review of British funding in the Palestinian territories. Joan Ryan, Labour MP for Enfield North, said government’s probe Read more…
This article was published by Jewish News on 3 May 2016 and is available here: http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/lfi-chair-calls-for-end-to-uk-aid-to-palestinian-civil-servants-amid-terror-funding-claims/ MP calls for end to UK aid to Palestinian civil servants amid terror funding claims Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan has called for the suspension of UK government aid to Palestinian civil servants Read more…
Joan Ryan has urged the Prime Minister to “think again” after he rejected her call for an independent review into how Britain’s aid money is spent in Israel-Palestine. In February, LFI’s Chair wrote to David Cameron raising her concerns about the Palestinian Authority’s role in inciting the current wave of Read more…
Calling Israel an “apartheid state” is a barrier to peace by Ian Austin MP for LabourList. This article is available here It’s extraordinary to think it’s been 25 years since millions of us sat transfixed by live footage of Nelson Mandela walking to freedom. As a teenager, I’d marched against Read more…
Click here for the original letter to Cameron on PA funding. Article by Sandy Rashty for the Jewish Chronicle. Article available here British taxpayers’ money cannot be used to provide a “blank cheque” to the Palestinian Authority, a Labour MP has said. Joan Ryan, Labour Friends of Israel chair, said she Read more…
Click here to read the original letter Read the JC’s article here Dear Grahame, I believe that you are planning to host an event in parliament next Tuesday, which Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East are promoting, at which Abdel Bari Atwan will be the moderator. I am Read more…
Following a recent trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories as part of the Australian Israel UK Leadership Dialogue last month, Ian Austin, Labour MP for Dudley North, wrote to Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to ask him to support Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (MEET), an organisation that helps Palestinians Read more…
LFI chair Joan Ryan this week urged the government to pressure the Palestinian Authority to put an end incitement to violence. At questions to the Secretary of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on Tuesday, Joan Ryan asked the Minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood MP: “On new year’s day, Nashat Melhem Read more…