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LFI director reflects on Labour conference
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Fathom. Click here to read the original.
Six years ago, at his first conference as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn attended the Labour Friends of Israel reception and …
In Brief: Iranian supreme leader’s representative calls for Israel’s destruction
Lotfallah Dezhkam, the representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Fars province, called for the destruction of Israel in a sermon in Shiraz last week.
The clerical firebrand declared, “the global arrogance led by America with complicity of Israel seeks …
In Brief: Israeli ministers meet with PA to “keep two-state solution alive”
Two Israeli ministers from the left-wing Meretz party, Nitzan Horowitz and Isawi Frej, met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday night.
Health minister Horowitz said his party was working to “keep the two-state solution alive” within Israel’s new …
In Brief: Iraqi notables call for diplomatic normalisation with Israel
More than 300 prominent Iraqis made an unprecedented plea for regional reconciliation on 25 September, as they called for their country to normalise ties with Israel.
“We demand full diplomatic relations with the State of Israel […] and a new …
Analysis: Capacity crowd as LFI makes full return to Labour conference
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LFI back with a bang at packed conference reception
The highlight of LFI’s 2021 Labour conference was the annual reception, which took place on Tuesday night.
- Turnout for the reception overwhelmed all expectations, with some 500 people attending the two-hour event.
- Speakers to the capacity crowd included LFI chair
Dame Louise Ellman returns to the Labour Party
The highlight of Labour’s 2021 conference was the return of Dame Louise Ellman to Labour.
- Dame Louise, a former LFI chair and MP for Liverpool Riverside, resigned from Labour in October 2019 in protest at the culture of antisemitism that
LFI stall overwhelmingly welcomed back to Labour conference
Throughout Labour’s 2021 conference, Labour Friends of Israel had a stall exhibit as one of the many exhibitors present. This was in contrast with previous years like 2018, when LFI did not have a stall presence at conference due to …
LFI chair: This is Sir Keir’s chance to show Labour can be a party that Jews can trust
Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original.
Next week, Keir Starmer will have his first real opportunity since becoming Labour leader to address the …
LFI director: The Post-Netanyahu Israeli Left
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for ZF Connect. Click here to read the original.
If Abraham Lincoln’s Cabinet was famously “a team of rivals”, it is difficult to know how to describe that
In Brief: Iranian revolutionary guards boast of their power
Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), boasted that Iran had “built power” to confront the US this week.
“We have built power to defeat the US. When we build power [to confront] man’s largest military empire, …
In Brief: Israel and Sweden renew ties after seven-year freeze
The foreign ministers of Israel and Sweden held their first phone call in seven years on Monday, in a move one Israeli diplomat called a “relaunching of relations” after a lengthy period of tension.
Yair Lapid spoke with his Swedish …
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