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LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford: False charges of genocide are no defence for 7th October atrocities

Posted 17 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP Last February, I visited Israel with a group of Labour parliamentary colleagues. Towards the end of our delegation, we travelled to the south of the country, having a relaxed lunch with residents the residents of…

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Analysis: Gaza war enters new phase as Netanyahu rejects permanent reoccupation

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
IDF troops in operation protective edge 2023. (Israel Defense Forces), via WikiMedia The conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terror group will on Sunday reach one hundred days since the 7 October attacks. On the ground: Israel’s leadership has indicated a shift in its military campaign against Hamas, moving from intense battles to more targeted operations. Both…

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LFI Lords chair: A war for the future of the Middle East

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair in the House of Lords Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay Hamas’ brutal assault of Saturday 7th October did not just trigger a war between the terror group and Israel. Instead, as a newly published paper from Labour…

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Louise Ellman leads LFI solidarity delegation to Israel

Posted 11 January, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI solidarity delegation meeting president Isaac Herzog An LFI delegation of Labour parliamentarians and former parliamentarians has this week visited Israel in solidarity following the 7 October attacks and subsequent conflict with Hamas. The delegation, led by former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman, includes LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP, Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Baroness Ruth…

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LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson discusses visiting Israel with LFI in antisemitism debate

Posted 9 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP At today's Westminster Hall Debate on antisemitic offences in the UK, LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson spoke about the increase in antisemitism that has taken place in the UK since 7 October and discussed her experiences visiting Israel on LFI delegations. She said: "It has been the most horrific time since the attack in…

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LFI parliamentarians push government on Gaza’s future

Posted 8 January, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Andrew Gwynne MP At today's Urgent Question on the situation in Gaza, two LFI parliamentarians used their questions to push the government for detail on the future of the Gaza Strip amid Israel's ongoing conflict with Hamas. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP asked: "The Israeli Defence Minister has set out proposals for the post-war…

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LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson: Hamas’ use of rape as a weapon of war must be condemned

Posted 21 December, 2023 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson has written the below article for Politics Home. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP The voices of women in war have long been silenced. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Amid the multiple atrocities of Hamas’ attacks on southern…

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Analysis: Battles rage inside Gaza

Posted 15 December, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
IDF troops in operation protective edge 2023. (Israel Defense Forces), via WikiMedia Latest developments Israel continues intensive ground and air attacks on Hamas fighters and infrastructure, including its tunnels. The main focus of operations is the southern city of Khan Younis, with the IDF continuing to give instructions to Gazan citizens to evacuate the areas…

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Louise Ellman: We cannot let go of faith in the hope of making peace

Posted 14 December, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict
LFI board member Louise Ellman has written the below article for The Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman The reservoirs of rage and hate are overflowing now, but we must plan for what comes next In the wake of the atrocities of October 7 and the ensuing catastrophic war, the reservoirs…

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LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson pushes govt on sexual violence against Israeli women

Posted 13 December, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP At today's Women and Equalities oral questions session, LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP asked the Secretary of State about the UN's slow response to the sexual violence used against Israeli women and girls by Hamas in the 7 October attacks. She asked: "Will the UK use its seat on the UN Human…

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