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LFI Chair, Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, tables cross-party Bill in support of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 18 January, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
On Wednesday 18th January, Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, tabled a ten-minute rule bill entitled Promotion of Israeli-Palestinian Peace. The bill requires the Secretary of State to promote the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace to support coexistence projects and civil society programmes. The bill is supported across the House,…

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Labour MPs visit Israel and Palestine on LFI delegation

Posted 12 January, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Six Labour MPs visited Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv on an LFI delegation last week. Pat McFadden, Ian Lucas, Lillian Greenwood, Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Ian Austin took part in the five-day trip. The visit included meetings with Israeli lawmakers, a Palestinian minister, NGOs, coexistence projects, security officials and counter-terror specialists. The delegation began with a…

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LFI Open Letter to Priti Patel

Posted 13 December, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Open letter to Priti Patel in support of LFI's 'For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace' Campaign Dear Secretary of State We write to ask you to support the creation of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. As Britain found in Northern Ireland, broad popular support is an essential underpinning for any successful peace process. Over the two decades…

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LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP visits Washington DC

Posted 24 November, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
For the first time, an LFI officer has visited Washington DC on a political visit. LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP’s visit aimed to build support for LFI’s ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ campaign. At the heart of this campaign is a pledge to support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, which…

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Labour MPs visit Israel on LFI delegation

Posted 23 November, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI have been visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories this week with a delegation of Labour MPs. Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, led the delegation alongside fellow MPs Rosie Winterton, Gloria De Piero, Michael Dugher and Ruth Smeeth. The delegation included tours of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as well as a memorial…

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LFI chair set for first DC visit

Posted 1 November, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This story originally apeared in the Jewish Chronicle, click here to view it. The chair of Labour Friends of Israel will visit the United States to seek support for a new campaign aiming to bring Israeli and Palestinian communities together in co-existence projects. Joan Ryan will meet American politicians to discuss LFI's hopes of using the scheme…

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Analysis: Coexistence Funding Can Kickstart the Peace Process

Posted 28 October, 2016 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel have launched our new campaign, ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’. The campaign aims to persuade the British government to support the creation of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. The $200m fund has been designed by the Alliance for Middle East Peace to boost…

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The Children of Peace Interview: Joan Ryan MP

Posted 27 October, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This interview first appeared on Children of Peace. Click here to view the original. In the latest of her regular series of exclusive interviews Professor Sarah Brown talks to Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel (in the UK parliament). Sarah Brown: Can you tell us a little about the factors which have…

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Parliamentary Launch of LFI ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ Campaign

Posted 26 October, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This afternoon in Parliament, LFI launched its new campaign to increase funding of coexistence projects entitled ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’. The campaign aims to persuade the British government to support the creation of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace; a fund designed by the Alliance for Middle East Peace…

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We must continue to push for peace at grassroots level

Posted 21 October, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This blog by LFI Parliamentary Supporter Ian Austin MP first appeared on JewishNews. Trite comparisons between Northern Ireland and the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, which ignore the very different actors, histories and complexities of the two situations, are commonplace. However, there is one lesson from the experience of peace-making in Northern…

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