At today’s statement from the Defence Secretary on US-UK air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, Stevenage MP Kevin Bonavia pushed the government for action against Iran’s support for terror proxies like the Houthis. He asked: “I welcome the Defence Secretary’s statement and add my thanks to our service personnel Read more…
At today’s Urgent Question in the House of Commons on alleged incitement by the Irish republican band Kneecap, Security Minister Dan Jarvis condemned the band’s past statements of alleged support for Iranian terror proxies Hamas and Hezbollah. He said: “The right hon. Member mentioned proscription and Hamas and Hezbollah; he Read more…
At today’s Urgent Question in the House of Commons on alleged incitement by the Irish republican band Kneecap, several Labour MPs raised the band’s past statements of alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah in their questions to the Security Minister. North Durham MP Luke Akehurst began his comments by saying: Read more…
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 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…
LFI vice-chair Damien Egan MP has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Many of us will have experienced a mixture of emotions as we saw the images of Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy as they were released by Hamas on Saturday. Relief Read more…
At today’s statement from the Foreign Secretary on the hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza, several Labour MPs raised questions around the government’s strategy for the implementation and post-war planning. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked: “I am sure the whole House will join me in paying tribute to the Read more…
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Last year, the Iranian regime celebrated the 45th anniversary of the revolution which brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power and ushered in more than four decades of brutal repression at home and the export Read more…
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 Read more…
Following developments in Syria over the weekend, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and former LFI vice-chair Pat McFadden MP has reiterated that the government “will always support Israel’s right to defend itself and make itself secure”. Speaking on Sky News, he continued that the overthrow of Assad “had partly Read more…
At today’s statement from the Foreign Secretary on the situation in the Middle East, Labour MPs urged tougher action against the Iranian regime from the government. Dunfermline and Dollar MP Graeme Downie asked: “A year ago, despite the undoubted challenges, there were early signs of improved relations between Israel, the Read more…
Introducing new sanctions against the Iranian regime in the House of Commons today, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP has confirmed that snapback sanctions “remain an option” for the government should Iran continue to flout the JCPOA nuclear deal. Later, he said: “Let me be clear: Iran’s actions in relation Read more…