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LFI back with a bang at packed conference reception

Posted 28 September, 2021 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The highlight of LFI’s 2021 Labour conference was the annual reception, which took place on Tuesday night. Turnout for the reception overwhelmed all expectations, with some 500 people attending the two-hour event. Speakers to the capacity crowd included LFI chair Steve McCabe, Dame Louise Ellman, shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy, shadow Middle East minister…

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Dame Louise Ellman returns to the Labour Party

Posted 27 September, 2021 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Dame Louise Ellman at LFI conference stall > Ian Vogler photography, Jewish News. The highlight of Labour's 2021 conference was the return of Dame Louise Ellman to Labour. Dame Louise, a former LFI chair and MP for Liverpool Riverside, resigned from Labour in October 2019 in protest at the culture of antisemitism that had developed under the leadership…

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LFI stall overwhelmingly welcomed back to Labour conference

Posted 26 September, 2021 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
Throughout Labour's 2021 conference, Labour Friends of Israel had a stall exhibit as one of the many exhibitors present. This was in contrast with previous years like 2018, when LFI did not have a stall presence at conference due to security concerns, after the LFI stall becoming “a magnet for conspiracy theorists” which put “young staff members…

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LFI chair: This is Sir Keir’s chance to show Labour can be a party that Jews can trust

Posted 24 September, 2021 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. Image Credit: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Next week, Keir Starmer will have his first real opportunity since becoming Labour leader to address the country as the party…

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In Brief: Iranian revolutionary guards boast of their power

Posted 22 September, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), boasted that Iran had “built power” to confront the US this week. “We have built power to defeat the US. When we build power [to confront] man’s largest military empire, i.e. the US, small powers like the Zionist…

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In Brief: Foreign minister Lapid reverses Netanyahu-era neglect of diplomacy

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics
Foreign minister Yair Lapid (Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). 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. “They are doing this because…

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LFI chair: Labour needs to rethink its Middle East ideas

Posted 16 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. 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 a series of momentous events sweep the Middle East: the Arab Spring,…

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LFI director: Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over

Posted 2 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Illustration from a Palestinian school textbook. Image: IMPACT-se. 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 finally published the investigation into the Palestinian Authority curriculum it commissioned two…

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Analysis: UK still funds incitement in Palestinian school curriculum

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Illustration from Palestinian textbook. Credit: IMPACT-se. 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. What happened In a Westminster Hall debate this morning, Foreign and International Development Office minister James Duddridge avoided any firm pledges of action,…

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In Brief: UK announces it will boycott antisemitic Durban conference

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Durban II. (UN Photo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) 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 in September marking the 20th anniversary of…

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In Brief: British public strongly backs Israel’s right to self-defence

Posted 4 June, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism
Tel Aviv city hall as Union Jack (Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0). 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 respondents said they believed Israel…

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Analysis: Israel-Gaza conflict drags on as ceasefire looms

Posted 21 May, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
 Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. 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 Conflict began with low-level violence in…

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