This evening, LFI hosted a parliamentary briefing from Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari on her research around Hamas’s systematic use of sexual violence on 7 October and the horrors still faced by female hostages being kept in tunnels in Gaza. She also discussed the abandonment of Israeli women by the UN and Read more…
At today’s statement from the Foreign Secretary on the UK’s strategy towards the Middle East, a number of Labour MPs urged the government to be tougher in its policy towards the Iranian regime, particularly for its role in fuelling conflict in Gaza. High Peak MP Jon Pearce asked: “We are Read more…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages in Gaza by Hamas as “horrific and senseless”. The IDF said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov, 33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered on Read more…
Foreign Secretary David Lammy visited Israel again this weekend, with his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné, as ceasefire talks brokered by the US, Qatar and Egypt have gotten underway. The foreign secretary said Israeli ministers had told him “they hope we are on the cusp of a deal”. He added that Read more…
Both yesterday and today, the UK joined allies in calling for de-escalation in the Middle East and reiterated collective support for Israel’s defence. The statement, issued by the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy “expressed our full support for ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions Read more…
The rising tension in the Middle East has fundamentally one root cause: the Iranian regime’s four-decade-long visceral hatred of Israel and its desire to extend its power and influence throughout the region. Through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran funds, arms, trains and directs “the axis of resistance”, a network Read more…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today pledged to maintain the historic friendship between Israel and the United Kingdom at a meeting with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in Paris. The meeting, at the sidelines of the Olympics in Paris, saw the Prime Minister reiterate his call for “immediate steps” towards an Read more…
The Netanyahu government has been a disaster for Israel and its security. However, the ICC chief prosecutor’s case is morally suspect and legally dubious. It undermines international law both when the chief prosecutor draws an equivalence between the actions of terrorists and those of democratically elected leaders, and when – Read more…
At today’s House of Lords debate on foreign affairs and defence in the King’s Speech, LFI chair in the House of Lords Baroness Ramsay used her contribution to support the government’s commitment to a two-state solution and to call for tougher action against the Iranian regime. She said: “My Lords, Read more…
Palestinian factions – including Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah – have reached a deal on forming an interim government after the Gaza war ends. While the latest attempt at reconciliation between the warring factions may come to nothing – a series of much-trumpeted previous efforts have failed to produce Read more…
This afternoon, LFI hosted an event for a delegation of Israeli hostage family members in Parliament. More than 30 new MPs elected at the general election attended, where they heard harrowing stories of their relatives’ kidnap and captivity. The event, chaired by LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP, was also addressed Read more…
At today’s statement on recent NATO and European Political Community meetings, the Prime Minister set out the government’s support for a “safe and secure Israel”, a two-state solution, and the immediate release of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza. He also raised the “malign influence of Iran”, including Read more…