Israel’s neglect of public advocacy and diplomacy in recent years led to a rise in antisemitism and support for Palestinian terrorist organisations, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday, in a strong rebuke of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.…
Labour Friends of Israel chair, Steve McCabe MP, has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original.
The obsession with Israel-Palestine means my party has neglected other vital issues
The past decade has seen
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original.
Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over
After multiple delays and much foot-dragging, the European Union has …
UK ministers have avoided making any concrete commitments to tackle incitement to violence in the Palestinian Authority school curriculum, despite the findings of a recently published independent study.
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The British government confirmed this week that it will boycott the Durban IV conference in New York over “historic concerns” about antisemitism and anti-Israel hatred.
The UK will join the US, Australia and Canada in refusing to attend the event …
A poll commissioned by the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) has found that the British public strongly backs Israel’s right to defend itself and feels deep sympathy for British Jews in the recent wave of antisemitic incidents.
Some 55 percent of …
The conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza has continued over the past week, with more than 3,750 rockets fired into Israel by Hamas and other terrorist groups and some 2,000 strikes against terrorist targets in Gaza.
What happened
Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb have written the below op-ed for Jewish News. Click here to read the original.
LFI chair Steve McCabe and CFI chair Stephen Crabb put …
General Secretary of the UK Labour Party, David Evans, has met with his counterpart, Eran Harmoni, Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party. LFI Chair Steve McCabe MP joined the meeting.
It was the first meeting between the two General …
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer held a phone call with Merav Michaeli, leader of Israel’s Labor Party, last weekend.
Days before Israelis went to the polls for the fourth time in two years, Starmer wished Michaeli – elected to lead …
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and LFI Parliamentary Officers took part in a debate marking Holocaust Memorial Day in the House of Commons on Thursday 28 January. This annual debate is an opportunity for Parliamentarians from across the House to …
A newly appointed adviser to the US secretary of defence has been accused of making antisemitic remarks after suggesting that American politicians become “very very rich” by supporting Israel.
Douglas Macgregor, a retired army colonel, has been given the post …