On Tuesday night, the eve of the Jewish new year, nearly ten million Israelis ran forbomb shelters as sirens blared across the country following the launch of 181 ballisticmissiles towards the country by Iran, marking the largest-ever single ballistic missileattack. This is the second time that Iran has launched direct Read more…
I’d like to begin tonight by paying tribute and offering thanks to my three predecessors: Steve McCabe stepped down as chair at the general election after taking the helm in 2020. As a parliamentary candidate, I was lucky enough to travel to Israel on an LFI delegation led by Steve. Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel’s annual conference reception was addressed by several senior members of the Cabinet last night, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor. Attendees and speakers also heard from two Israeli hostage family members, Noam Safir and Sharone Lifschitz, whose respective grandfather and father have been held hostage Read more…
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…