Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP
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 or…
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 on five key areas: working…
Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original.
Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP
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 continue…
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 the threat posed by, Iranian…
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 peace, and the deep impact…
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.
We want to…
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 of government, have changed our…
Angela Rayner MP
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 all have a responsibility…
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP and LFI parliamentary supporters Margaret Hodge MP and Alex Davies-Jones MP
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…
Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for Comment Central. Click here to read the original.
Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman
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…
