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LFI chair Joan Ryan MP speech in Westminster Hall Debate on Iran, Wednesday 22 March 2017

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY   Whatever its merits, the nuclear deal concluded two years ago this summer has done nothing to satisfy Iran’s appetite to establish regional hegemony in the Middle East. This is unsurprising: one of the great flaws of European and US efforts was a willingness to overlook Iran’s Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years27 March, 2017 ago

Analysis: Israel Apartheid Week returns to campus

This week sees the return of Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) to campuses in the UK. The week long anti-Israel campaign originated in Toronto in 2005 and has since spread to dozens of cities around the world. Campus groups host a series of discussions, exhibitions, film viewings and publicity stunts, aiming Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years2 March, 2017 ago

Jennifer Gerber In Response to Jeremy Corbyn’s attendance at an IHRC event

Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI, said: “We find it strange that Jeremy Corbyn would think it’s appropriate to attend an event organised by a group who say the party he leads is “indebted to Jewish financiers with Zionist leanings”. We hope in future Jeremy will think more carefully about the Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years9 December, 2016 ago

Ambassador Mark Regev Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2016

Ambassador Mark Regev Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2016 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Chief Rabbi, Deputy Leader Tom Watson, Lords and Ladies, Members of Parliament, Distinguished Guests, Friends of Israel, It is a pleasure being here this afternoon. I wish to start by thanking your Parliamentary Chair Joan Ryan MP, your Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years30 November, 2016 ago

Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair, Labour Friends of Israel, speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016

Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair, Labour Friends of Israel, speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016. CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Regev, friends I want to begin by thanking you all for being here today. In particular, I want to thank Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, our Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years29 November, 2016 ago

Deputy Leader Tom Watson MP’s speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2016

Tom Watson MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party’s speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016. CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Friends, you honour me with the invitation to address you today. I want to join with Joan in thanking Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye for making this wonderful gathering possible. Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years29 November, 2016 ago

Joan Ryan MP on Release of Opinion Poll Showing Strong Opposition to BDS

Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, said: “This poll underlines that the boycott movement, which is morally wrong and economically damaging, does not speak for the British people. It is a powerful signal that this country rejects the attempt to delegitimise and demonise the state of Israel, Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years4 November, 2016 ago

Ian Austin on reports about the suspension of funding to the PA

Commenting on reports about the suspension of funding to the PA in today’s Sun, Ian Austin MP, LFI parliamentary supporter, said: “British aid has a key role to play in supporting the alleviation of poverty and economic development and the promotion of peace and coexistence in Palestine. Those goals are, Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years7 October, 2016 ago

MPs flock to support Labour Israel group

This story originally appeared in the Jewish Chronicle.  The Labour Friends of Israel group has trebled the number of Parliamentary supporters backing its work, as moderate MPs rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party. More than 65 MPs have pledged to back the group – more than when Labour was Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years22 September, 2016 ago

Ian Austin MP letter to Priti Patel MP

LFI Parliamentary Supporter has written to Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Palestinian Authority that governs DFID’s aid to the PA. You can read the letter here.

By lfiIsrael, 9 years12 September, 2016 ago

Michael Dugher MP calls on Jeremy Corbyn to ban Ken Livingstone

This article initially appeared on PoliticsHome. The former London mayor this morning reignited the row over his claims the Nazi leader had supported the creation of a Jewish state in 1932 “before he went mad and murdered six million Jews”. Mr Livingstone – a key ally of Mr Corbyn – was suspended after making Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years7 September, 2016 ago

Joan Ryan MP letter to Richard Burgon MP

LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP has written to Shadow Cabinet member Richard Burgon MP in response to reported comments in the Daily Mail. You can read the full letter here: Letter from Rt. Hon Joan Ryan MP to Richard Burgon MP

By lfiIsrael, 9 years18 August, 2016 ago

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