LFI today publishes a new policy paper titled “Iran’s Terror Army Abroad: The IRGC Threat to Britain” which details the growing danger posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to UK national security and calls for its immediate designation as a terrorist organisation. The paper, authored by Jemima Shelley, senior Read more…
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has today written to Sarah Crew, Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police, regarding a Bristol councillor’s sharing of a video from Hamas on social media in October 2023. In February 2025, Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) decision notice 100/24, set out that Abdul Malik Read more…
At today’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions session, Foreign Secretary David Lammy made clear the government’s understanding of “legitimate concerns about security on the Israeli side and the way that Iran, sitting behind the scenes, is equipping some terrorist groups with guns and ammunition. We have to do our best Read more…
At today’s Urgent Question on the resumption of conflict in Gaza, Wirral West MP Matthew Patrick raised the plight of the 59 remaining Israeli hostages with the Foreign Secretary. He asked: “This ceasefire must be desperately salvaged for the 59 hostages—they and their families have lived through hell for 530 Read more…
At today’s Private Notice Question on the ceasefire in Gaza, Lord Turnberg urged the government to put pressure on Hamas via Egypt and Qatar in order to salvage the ceasefire between the group and Israel. He said: “I am afraid it is the case that Hamas is busily redigging its Read more…
At today’s Private Notice Question on the ceasefire in Gaza, Foreign Office Minister Lord Collins of Highbury confirmed the Government’s view that “there is no role for Hamas in the future of Gaza”. He said: “As I have repeatedly said to the noble Lord in this Chamber, we are committed Read more…
LFI vice-chair Damien Egan MP today spoke at the launch of the 7 October Parliamentary Commission Report. The report, published by the UK-Israel APPG, documents the harrowing crimes committed by Hamas and other Iran-backed terror groups against Israelis on 7 October 2023. You can download the report here.
It is tragic and heartbreaking to see the resumption of hostilities in Gaza. Our thoughts are with both the Israeli hostages imprisoned by Hamas and their families, and with innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Over the past two weeks, Hamas has rejected two concrete hostage deal proposals which would have Read more…
At today’s Statement from the Foreign Secretary on the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Conference last week, the Foreign Secretary reaffirmed the Government’s position on the need to stop the Iranian regime from acquiring a nuclear weapon, as well as on the treatment of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. He said: Read more…
Alex Davies-Jones MP, the Minister for Victims and Violence against Women and Girls, has today condemned the sexual violence against Israelis on October 7 committed by Hamas terrorists and called out women’s groups for failing to condemn it in the aftermath. She made the comments during a Jewish Women’s Aid Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. However much the Trump administration shakes the global kaleidoscope, the principal threat facing this country and our allies in Europe and the Middle East remains the same: the Moscow-Tehran axis which promotes violence Read more…
We’re deeply concerned regarding the current situation in Gaza which risks a resumption of hostilities. It is imperative that Hamas agrees to the extension of the ceasefire which is on the table. It must release all Israeli hostages immediately and unconditionally. Israel must ensure that humanitarian aid can flow freely Read more…