At Labour party conference we were delighted to be joined by Yair Golan, leader of Labour’s sister party – newly renamed the Democrats – for two days at conference this year as LFI’s guest. During his time in Liverpool, Golan met with senior ministers, Labour parliamentarians and Labour Party officials, Read more…
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told Community Security Trust’s (CST) annual business lunch that she will use the “full force of the law” against those “who use conflict in the Middle East as a pretext to attack communities here in Britain” yesterday. Cooper stressed “there is no place for the glorification of terrorism Read more…
The newly elected MP for High Peak, Jon Pearce, is to become the new parliamentary chair of Labour Friends of Israel. Pearce succeeds Steve McCabe, who stood down from parliament at July’s general election. LFI’s new parliamentary chair takes the helm as the group outlines plans to focus its work Read more…
Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Up and down the UK, communities are immeasurably stronger for having a proud Jewish contingent. From politics to sport, from the arts to business, from media to medicine, British Jews have made – and Read more…
The war launched by Hamas on 7 October has brought about an unprecedented level of coordination between Iran’s proxies, forcing Israel to fight a multi-front conflict for close to a year. In this paper, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis: Iran’s “Axis of Resistance”, we outline the origins of, and explain Read more…
This afternoon, Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with the Chief Rabbi. The Chief Rabbi posted on X, stating that the pair discussed the “imminent and vast threats facing Israel across the Middle East, UK Government decisions relating to the conflict, the urgent importance of freeing the hostages, achieving long term Read more…
Last night’s resounding result is a testament to Keir Starmer’s transformation of the Labour Party. Keir’s leadership, and the fortitude of all those who know Labour is at its best as a credible, mainstream party fit for government, have changed our party beyond recognition from the dark days of 2019. Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Labour’s historic landslide is a testament to the prime minister’s transformation of the Labour party. Keir’s leadership, and the fortitude of all those who know Labour is at its best as a credible, mainstream party Read more…
Ahead of a speech from Michael Gove on the subject, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow communities secretary Angela Rayner MP today set out Labour’s view that: “There is no place in Britain for antisemitic hate and those who push this poison should face the full force of the law. We Read more…
At today’s Westminster Hall Debate on the prevention of sexual violence in conflict, three LFI parliamentarians spoke about the sexual assaults carried out by Hamas against Israeli women and girls on 7 October and the international community’s reluctance to recognise them as such. Having applied for the debate to take Read more…
Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for Comment Central. Click here to read the original. Saturday, October 7, was supposed to be the day of Kfar Aza’s annual kite festival. The brainchild of the Kutz family, the residents of the kibbutz gathered to fly kites adorned Read more…
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Why Progressives Should Reject Decolonisation Myths About Israel Labour Friends of Israel today publishes its latest policy briefing: Why Progressives Should Reject “Decolonisation” Myths About Israel, written by Dame Louise Ellman. On 7 October, Hamas’ brutal assault on Israel triggered war and enflamed Read more…