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Labour MPs make case for International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace at Westminster Hall Debate

Posted 11 March, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steve Yemm MP, Luke Akehurst MP, Preet Gill MP, Dan Tomlinson MP, Kevin Bonavia MP, Sharon Hodgson MP, Jon Pearce MP, Peter Prinsley MP Today, a number of Labour MPs attended a Westminster Hall Debate on the potential merits of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace secured by Mansfield MP Steve Yemm. In his opening remarks,…

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Labour MPs push government on Gaza peace plan, UNRWA and peacebuilding

Posted 4 March, 2025 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Damien Egan MP and Steve Yemm MP At today's Urgent Question on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, three Labour MPs pushed the government on LFI priorities. LFI chair Jon Pearce asked: "The leaders of the Arab world have made welcome proposals about the future of Gaza and its people. What update can the…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce urges government support for civil society in Israel and Palestine

Posted 6 February, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP At today's Urgent Question on the situation in Israel and Palestine, LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked for an update on the government's support for civil society through the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. He asked: "I very much welcome the Minister’s unequivocal commitment to a two-state solution. The Government are…

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Labour MPs raise peacebuilding and Hamas aid theft at Commons statement

Posted 28 January, 2025 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP, James Frith MP and Matthew Patrick MP At today's statement from the Minister for Development on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, a number of Labour MPs pushed the government on issues relevant to LFI campaigns. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked: "I thank the Minister for her statement and for the…

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After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace

Posted 19 December, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI today publishes After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace, a policy paper on what needs to be done after the Gaza war to marginalise the enemies of peace.   For Britain, Europe and pragmatic Arab states, the foundational principle – that a negotiated two-state solution offers the only long-term prospect for settling the Israeli…

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LFI vice-chair Mike Tapp calls for constructive steps over “symbolic gestures” in Palestinian statehood debate

Posted 16 December, 2024 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Mike Tapp MP In today's Petitions Committee debate on two e-petitions relating to the ongoing war in Gaza - calling for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and a suspension of all arms sales to Israel - LFI vice-chair Mike Tapp made a speech warning against "symbolic gestures" and encouraging a focus on constructive,…

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech to LFI’s 2024 Annual Lunch

Posted 2 December, 2024 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses LFI Annual Lunch 2024 ***CHECKED AGAINST DELIVERY*** Chief Rabbi, Honoured Guests… It’s a privilege to be invited to speak to you today. And I’d like to begin by thanking our lunch co-sponsors - Sir David Garrard and Stuart Roden. And I know everyone here will join me in sending our very…

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Labour MPs raise Israeli-Palestinian coexistence support and Iranian proxies at Foreign Office Questions

Posted 22 October, 2024 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
At today's Foreign Office Questions session, a number of Labour parliamentarians asked questions relating to LFI campaigns, including UK support for Israeli-Palestinian people-to-people coexistence funding and Iranian support for terrorist proxies. LFI chair Jon Pearce asked: "In 2020, the US committed £250 million to support peace building and Palestinian economic development. Will the Minister consider…

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LFI Chair Jon Pearce speech to LFI annual reception at conference

Posted 24 September, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, LFI Focus, Middle East, News, Peace process
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…

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LFI Annual Reception at Party Conference 2024

Posted 24 September, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process, Uncategorized
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…

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