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LFI Honorary Chair Mark Sewards Leads Historic First Delegation to Israel and Bahrain

Posted 13 February, 2026 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Peace process
Mark Sewards has become the first Labour Friends of Israel chair to visit the Kingdom of Bahrain, following a visit to Israel where he met senior political figures and peace activists. While in Israel, the MP for Leeds South West and Morley met Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog; the leader of Labour’s sister party, the…

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Mark Sewards: “It is now imperative for the UK to reset its relationship with Israel”

Posted 13 February, 2026 in Abraham Accords, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI honorary chair Mark Sewards has written the article below for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. This week, I am visiting Israel and Bahrain; my first trip to the region since becoming Labour Friends of Israel’s new parliamentary chair. My visit comes at a moment of huge opportunity and challenge. Israelis…

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Mark Sewards meets with Palestinian Peace Activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

Posted 13 February, 2026 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI honorary chair Mark Sewards met with Palestinian-American humanitarian peace activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib in parliament on 21 January. At Portcullis House, the Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley discussed with the peace activist the progress made on the Gaza peace plan, the steps necessary as the second phase is set to…

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Sowing regional seeds of hope

Posted 10 October, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process, Regional Peacebuilding, Voices for Change
Sowing regional seeds of hope Eli Bar-On, Dr Najah Al Otaibi and Ghanem Nuseiben In May, at the historic Château d’Ermenonville outside Paris, something remarkable happened. Dozens of leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa – Israelis, Palestinians, Moroccans, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Jordanians and many others – gathered not to debate borders or assign…

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Ministers push for aid to hostages and hope for Abraham Accords

Posted 24 June, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy At today's Foreign Office Questions session, the Foreign Secretary and Middle East Minister set out the government's view that humanitarian aid must reach the remaining hostages in Gaza, and around the future of the Abraham Accords. On the former, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer said: "Aid can be delivered effectively into Gaza.…

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Middle East Minister: “No role for Hamas in the future of Gaza”

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP At today's statement from on the visit of Palestinian Authority prime minister Mustafa, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer discussed a number of points of UK policy towards the Middle East. He began: "During the visit, we reaffirmed our unwavering commitment to advancing a two-state solution as the only pathway to…

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LFI chair: Why the Abraham Accords still matter

Posted 2 April, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. As chair of Labour Friends of Israel, last week I became the first British MP to travel between Israel and the UAE – an unimaginable reality before the historic Abraham Accords in 2020.  My flight – one of…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce makes history as first MP to fly from Israel to the UAE 

Posted 28 March, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce meets Israeli president Herzog LFI chair Jon Pearce became the first British MP to travel directly between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on a visit to the region this week.  While in Israel, the Labour MP for High Peak met with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, opposition leader Yair Lapid, and the leader of the Democrats, Yair…

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LFI chair: We must act urgently to stop Iran producing a nuclear bomb

Posted 25 February, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for PoliticsHome. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP The UK and its allies are running out of time to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. With the world’s attention focused on the devastating war that began on 7 October 2023, Iran has been…

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After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace

Posted 19 December, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI today publishes After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace, a policy paper on what needs to be done after the Gaza war to marginalise the enemies of peace.   For Britain, Europe and pragmatic Arab states, the foundational principle – that a negotiated two-state solution offers the only long-term prospect for settling the Israeli…

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