Palestinian local elections are due to take place in the West Bank and Gaza on October 8th, where ballots will be held in 391 municipalities in the West Bank and 25 municipalities in Gaza. These are, however, no ordinary local elections. In a surprise announcement, Hamas announced they would be Read more…
LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP has written to Shadow Cabinet member Richard Burgon MP in response to reported comments in the Daily Mail. You can read the full letter here: Letter from Rt. Hon Joan Ryan MP to Richard Burgon MP
Jennifer Gerber LFI Director said: “Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to nominate Shami Chakrabarti for a peerage clearly undermines the independence of her inquiry and raises further questions about the seriousness of his commitment to ridding the Labour Party of the scourge of anti-Semitism”.
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…
The Iran nuclear deal was designed to reduce Iran’s nuclear capabilities by increasing the amount of time it would take Iran to develop a nuclear bomb. When the deal was signed, it was believed Iran was only months or weeks away from developing enough nuclear material for a functioning nuclear Read more…
This article originally appeared on JewishNews, you can read it here. The chair of Labour Friends of Israel has told the General Secretary of the Labour Party it is “imperative” that Baroness Royall’s full report on anti-Semitism in the Oxford University Labour Club be published. In a letter to Iain Read more…
Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel said: “We condemn any comparisons between Israel and ISIS. ISIS brutally murders Muslims who do not conform to its twisted ideology, enslaves women and is committing genocide against the Yazidi people. Last month while 200,000 people celebrated Tel Aviv Pride, ISIS Read more…
This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle, you can read it here. There is nothing illegitimate or antisemitic about criticising the actions of the Israeli government. Millions of Israelis – and Jews in Britain – do it every day. However, for at least the past 40 years, a discourse Read more…
This article first appeared on the Jewish Chronicle, you can read it here. The inquiry into antisemitism allegations in the Labour Party must make clear where criticism of Israel turns into Jew-hate, its Friends of Israel group has said. In its submission to the Chakrabarti Inquiry, Labour Friends of Israel Read more…
General Secretary of the Israeli Labor Party and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Hilik Bar, has sent his condolences to the UK Labour Party and to the British people on the brutal murder of Jo Cox MP. Jo’s friends and family have set-up a memorial fund which you can 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…