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In Brief: Eight Palestinian students arrested on terror charges

Posted 26 September, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Incitement, Palestinian Territories
Palestinian militant with rifle > atphalix, CC BY SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli security forces on Sunday arrested eight Palestinian students suspected of planning an imminent terror attack. The students, from Birzeit University near Ramallah, were arrested following an investigation into Hamas cells in Palestinian education institutions, the IDF said. The students were allegedly recruited by Hamas…

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In Brief: Paris mayor strips Abbas of honour over Holocaust remarks

Posted 13 September, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Palestinian Territories
Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, stripped Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the Grand Vermeil medal after her office said he "justified the extermination of the Jews of Europe" in World War II. Ms Hidalgo, of the Socialist Party’ sent Abbas a letter stating that “the comments you made are contrary…

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Chipping Barnet PPC Dan Tomlinson: How the Labour Party can take inspiration from Israel

Posted 13 September, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Chipping Barnet, Dan Tomlinson, has written the below article about our recent LFI delegation to Israel and Palestine for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Dan Tomlinson with Dame Louise Ellman during LFI visit to Israel Last week, I had pleasure of joining Labour Friends of Israel’s largest ever delegation of…

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Analysis: LFI hosts largest ever parliamentary candidate delegation to Israel

Posted 11 September, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
LFI delegation visits Jerusalem's Old City The largest ever Labour Friends of Israel delegation of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories last week. The five-day delegation provided a wide-ranging introduction to Israel and the wider Middle East, with opportunities to learn about the country’s history, its dynamic and innovative economy, and the importance of UK-Israel…

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In Brief: One million Israelis have visited the UAE since the Abraham Accords

Posted 18 July, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli and Emirati students celebrate Hannukah > Sharaka, via Times of Israel One million Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of the 2020 Abraham Accords. Speaking to the Jewish News, Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat said: “almost one-in-ten Israelis has visited the UAE since the end of 2020”. There are currently more than 200…

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Luciana Berger joins LFI parliamentary candidates delegation in meeting President Herzog

Posted 18 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI PPC delegation meets President Herzog The first Labour Friends of Israel delegation of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) since 2014 last week met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. What happened The delegation, led by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and joined by Luciana Berger – who rejoined the Labour party in February this year - included…

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LFI publishes Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology

Posted 11 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish its latest policy pamphlet, Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology.    This publication explores the nature and origins of anti-Zionism as an ideology and its relationship…

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In Brief: Seven hurt in car ramming Palestinian terror attack in Tel Aviv

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Israeli medics are responding to reports of a car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday afternoon. The attack took place on Pinkhas Rosen Street in the northeast of the city, in the residential neighbourhood of Neve Dan. Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency ambulance service, said its medics…

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LFI chair makes case for “focused” anti-BDS legislation in Commons debate

Posted 3 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This evening, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP set out his opposition to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel while critiquing the government's drafted Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill. Read Steve's full speech below: "I had been looking forward to this legislation. As…

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Labour sets out opposition to BDS in Commons debate

Posted 3 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy MP In today's second reading of the government's Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, Labour reaffirmed its opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement which seeks to delegitimise Israel, the world's only Jewish state. In her role as shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Lisa Nandy MP reiterated Labour's…

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