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Starmer rejects anti-Zionism and BDS at LFI Annual Lunch

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel welcomed Labour leader Keir Starmer as guest of honour to its Annual Lunch this week, which saw capacity crowd in a packed out hall. Success The 2021 Annual Lunch was the first to take place since 2018, after previous lunches had to be cancelled due to the calling of the 2019 general election…

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HE Tzipi Hotovely’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Posted 16 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
HE Ambassador Hotovely addressing LFI's Annual Lunch 2021 *** Check against delivery *** Chief Rabbi, Leader of the Opposition, Parliamentarians, my fellow guests and speakers. It is a pleasure to be with you at the LFI Annual Lunch this afternoon. I want to thank our lunch sponsors, Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, and all of you who have made this…

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Steve McCabe’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Posted 16 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP addressing the LFI Annual Lunch. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***   Steve McCabe MP   Chair, Labour Friends of Israel   Speech to LFI Annual Lunch   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends.   It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch.    We wouldn’t be here today…

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Keir Starmer’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Posted 16 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour leader Keir Starmer addressing LFI's Annual Lunch 2021 KEIR STARMER SPEECH FOR LFI ANNUAL LUNCH 2021 *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It is a pleasure to be with you today at LFI’s annual lunch – our first opportunity to gather together since 2018. I want to join Steve in thanking today’s co-sponsors, Sir David…

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In Brief: Israel thwarts Iranian-backed attacks on Jews in Africa

Posted 10 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Israel’s national intelligence agency, the Mossad, has thwarted multiple attacks by Iran against Israeli tourists and businessmen in three African countries, according to reports from Israel’s Channel 12. Targets included Israelis visiting the central and west African countries of Tanzania, Senegal and Ghana. Five suspects, all with African passports,…

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In Brief: Hamas condemns six Gazans to death for cooperating with Israel

Posted 3 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Hamas, the Islamist terror group which governs Gaza, condemned six people to death last week for cooperating with Israel. The military judiciary in the Gaza Strip also announced additional sentences ranging from hard labour to life imprisonment. Two of those sentenced, a 58-year-old Gazan and a…

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In Brief: Hezbollah boasts of 100,000 fighters amid Lebanese unrest

Posted 21 October, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony. Image Credit: Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The leader of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group, Hassan Nasrallah, boasted this week that he commands 100,000 fighters. Experts estimate that the claimed figure, which exceeds the size of Lebanon’s army, is almost certainly an exaggeration of the more likely figure of…

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LFI director reflects on Labour conference

Posted 6 October, 2021 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Fathom. Click here to read the original. Six years ago, at his first conference as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn attended the Labour Friends of Israel reception and managed the remarkable feat of addressing attendees without uttering the name of the Jewish state. Corbyn’s behaviour underlined the…

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In Brief: Iranian supreme leader’s representative calls for Israel’s destruction

Posted 5 October, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Lotfallah Dezhkam, the representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Fars province, called for the destruction of Israel in a sermon in Shiraz last week. The clerical firebrand declared, “the global arrogance led by America with complicity of Israel seeks to delay the realisation of [...] the destruction…

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Analysis: Capacity crowd as LFI makes full return to Labour conference

Posted 5 October, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East
Labour Friends of Israel fully returned to Labour party conference for the first time since 2018 last week, as thousands of parliamentarians, delegates and members descended on Brighton for the first physical conference of Keir Starmer’s leadership. Main takeaways The 2021 conference was a huge success for LFI, with an overwhelmingly positive response on our stall and…

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