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LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson writes to Foreign Secretary on Hamas sexual attacks

Posted 6 December, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Letter from LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP to the Foreign Secretary Letter from LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP to the Foreign Secretary Today, LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP has written to the Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron expressing her concern over the emerging evidence of systematic sexual abuse of Israeli women by Hamas terrorists in the 7 October…

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LFI chair Steve McCabe’s speech to LFI’s 2023 Annual Lunch

Posted 28 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP addresses LFI's 2023 Annual Lunch *** Check against delivery ***     Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends.         It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch.       And a warm welcome to our friends from the Abraham Accords countries.     …

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Lammy recalls “day of horror” in address to LFI annual lunch

Posted 28 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy addresses LFI's 2023 Annual Lunch David Lammy today used the LFI annual lunch to underline Labour’s commitment to Israel and set out a series of measures the party would take in government to support a renewed drive to kick-start the Middle East peace process. The shadow foreign secretary was addressing the biggest…

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Louise Ellman: Why is Hamas’s sexual violence of October 7th being ignored?

Posted 25 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News
LFI board member Louise Ellman has written the below article for Progressive Britain. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman The UN’s International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls on 25 November is a time to face reality: the atrocities of Hamas gunmen in on October 7 included the widespread rape of…

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LFI director: Even at this dark time, we must look to the future

Posted 10 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Gaza port > Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons The fury and rage of the anti-Israel protesters who took to the streets of London again this weekend should not be confused with a mass movement with…

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Starmer insists humanitarian pauses the way forward in Gaza

Posted 31 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour leader Keir Starmer speaking at Chatham House Labour leader Keir Starmer has today set out Labour's support for humanitarian pauses in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, explaining in a speech at Chatham House that a ceasefire would leave Hamas with the capability to carry out further attacks in Israel, and prevent…

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Analysis: Israel prepares for major ground operation

Posted 27 October, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
IDF soldiers stationed in Southern Israel trained along the Gaza border to ensure an ongoing level of preparedness.> Yoav Karen, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Wikimedia Commons. Latest developments Nearly three weeks after a savage Hamas terror attack left at least 1,400 people murdered, more than 5,000 wounded, and at least 220 abducted, Israel’s war against…

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LFI vice-chair Diana Johnson: There will be no peace while Hamas still has power

Posted 26 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for TheHouse. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP They murdered and kidnapped Holocaust survivors, massacred babies and gunned down young people as they danced at a music festival. It is difficult to comprehend – let alone explain – the savagery which Hamas terrorists…

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Rayner: Israel boycotts “offer no meaningful route to peace”

Posted 25 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Labour deputy leader and shadow levelling up secretary Angela Rayner Speaking for the Labour frontbench in today's report stage debate of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies Bill, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow secretary of state for levelling up, Angela Rayner, reiterated that “Labour is opposed to a policy of adopting boycott, divestment and sanctions against…

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