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Analysis: Corbyn’s Hamas links under scrutiny

Posted 22 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn’s past links with Hamas have come under intense scrutiny this week, as the fallout from Labour’s failure to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism continues. On Monday, it was revealed that the Labour leader had chaired a panel at a conference in Doha in 2012 which was also attended by…

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Analysis: Gaza arson attacks cause massive fires in Israel

Posted 27 June, 2018 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Israeli communities close to the border with Gaza have endured nearly three months of “kite terror” attacks launched from the coastal enclave. Kites, balloons and condoms laden with a metal pouch containing flammable substances such as burning coal or rags soaked with oil are able to drift across the border and float into Israel thanks to…

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Analysis: Time to end Gaza’s cycle of violence – Joan Ryan MP

Posted 15 May, 2018 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This blog by Joan Ryan MP, parliamentary chair of Labour Friends of Israel, was originally posted on Times of Israel The terrible and shocking events in Gaza yesterday require urgent and immediate action to end the cycle of violence and address the plight of its people. Like any other country, Israel has a right to defend its…

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Analysis: Clashes at the Gaza border leave sixteen Palestinians dead

Posted 4 April, 2018 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Sixteen Palestinians – eleven of whom were known members of terror organisations – died during clashes on the border between Gaza and Israel on Friday. The clashes took place in the context of a series of protests at the Gaza border, calling for the fulfilment of the Palestinian ‘right of return’. Friday’s events were the beginning…

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Pledge to end Gaza crisis offers a solution, not a soundbite

Posted 8 March, 2018 in Hamas, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This op-ed by Joan Ryan first appeared in the JewishNews, click here to read it.  The humanitarian situation in Gaza is desperate and deeply concerning. Electricity supplies are highly restricted; water and sewage facilities are under strain; rising unemployment has hit 40 percent, with an estimated six in 10 young people out of work. For many people…

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LFI launches Pledge for Gaza

Posted 8 March, 2018 in Hamas, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI today launches our new Pledge for Gaza campaign - part of our long-standing work to encourage the economic revitalisation of the coastal enclave. We will be inviting Labour parliamentarians to sign the five-point plan. It seeks to provide a multifaceted response to the challenges facing Gaza. The pledge recognises the plight of the people of Gaza and the dire humanitarian…

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Ambassador Mark Regev’s Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2017

Posted 30 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** HMA Mark Regev, Israeli Ambassador, speech to Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2017  Chief Rabbi, Lords and Ladies, Members of Parliament, Distinguished guests, It is a real pleasure to be back here at Central Hall for LFI’s Annual Lunch. I would like to begin by thanking your Parliamentary Chair, Joan Ryan, and the entire LFI…

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Joan Ryan MP, LFI chair, speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2017

Posted 28 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, LFI chair, speech to Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2017  Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Regev, friends Thank you to all of you for being here today. In particular, I want to thank Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, our long-standing lunch sponsors. I also want to thank all of my parliamentary colleagues who have…

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LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP writes to Richard Burden MP regarding the Gaza crisis

Posted 19 October, 2017 in Hamas, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Joan Ryan MP, parliamentary chair of LFI, has written a reply to Richard Burden MP regarding a letter to Middle East minister Alistair Burt on the Gaza crisis. Ms Ryan writes that she shares Mr Burden's concern for the humanitarian situation in the Gaza strip and agrees that the recent deterioration in living conditions is unacceptable. However, Ms Ryan's…

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Analysis: Fatah and Hamas – Deal or no deal?

Posted 19 October, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
  Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons One week after its signing, the agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah last week – accompanied by pictures of handshakes between the two sides in Cairo and celebrations in the streets of Gaza – is already throwing up many unanswered questions. The deal formalised the previous agreement that the Palestinian…

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