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VAWG Minister condemns Hamas sexual violence denialism

Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones Alex Davies-Jones MP, the Minister for Victims and Violence against Women and Girls, has today condemned the sexual violence against Israelis on October 7 committed by Hamas terrorists and called out women’s groups for failing to condemn it in the aftermath. She made the comments during a Jewish Women’s Aid event marking…

Labour MPs push for IRGC proscription to protect Jewish community

Jon Pearce MP, Mark Sewards MP and Dan Tomlinson MP At today's statement from the Security Minister announcing that the Labour government was placing Iran on the highest tier of the new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS), a number of Labour MPs welcomed the announcement as a step towards proscription of the IRGC as a terrorist…

Culture Secretary condemns BBC failure on Gaza reporting

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP At today's urgent question on coverage of the situation in Gaza by the BBC, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy set out the government's clear view that the BBC has made mistakes in its coverage of the situation in Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks. She said: "As the House will be…

Prime Minister delivers statement on October 7 anniversary

Today, the Prime Minister delivered a statement to the house on the anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks. He opened the statement noting that October 7 "was the bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust". The anniversary marked "a day of sorrow, a day of grief" in which "over a thousand people were…

Starmer: The UK stands with Israel after Iranian ballistic missile attack

On Tuesday night, the eve of the Jewish new year, nearly ten million Israelis ran for bomb shelters as sirens blared across the country following the launch of 181 ballistic missiles towards the country by Iran, marking the largest-ever single ballistic missile attack. This is the second time that Iran has launched direct attacks on…

LFI Chair Jon Pearce speech to LFI annual reception at conference

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. His knowledge, commitment and leadership…

LFI Annual Reception at Party Conference 2024

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 by Hamas for almost a…

Israeli Labor leader Yair Golan at Labour Party Conference

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, including Foreign Secretary David Lammy,…