Cameron turns down LFI call for review of PA funding; Joan Ryan MP requests Prime Minister “think again”; denounces UK support for co-existence projects as “pitiable”

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…

Lord Livermore, LFI Parliamentary supporter, slams ‘grotesque’ analogy between Israel and apartheid South Africa

This article was published in the Jewish News Online. Its original version is available here A former Labour Party strategist will condemn “grotesque” analogies between Israel and apartheid South Africa, as activists mark Israel Apartheid Week across the UK. Lord Livermore, a former director of strategy at Downing Street who advised Read more…

Decision by university’s Labour society to support Israeli Apartheid Week prompts MPs to call for party to sever ties with club

Read the original article from the Guardian here. Labour opens inquiry into antisemitism allegations at Oxford student club, by Mark Tran for the Guardian, 17 February 2016 The Labour party’s national student organisation has launched an inquiry into allegations of antisemitic behaviour and intimidation at Oxford University Labour Club. Ed Read more…

Ian Austin MP writes to Foreign Secretary to ask for further support to MEET, an organisation that brings together Palestinian and Israeli youngsters

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…