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Hezbollah: Tehran’s Most Powerful Proxy

Posted 26 March, 2026 in Hezbollah, Publication
Labour Friends of Israel has released a new policy paper, Hezbollah: Tehran’s most powerful proxy. It explores the course of Hezbollah’s actions since 7 October, as well as the group’s evolving relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Lebanon. 260323 Hezbollah Policy PaperDownload Long the world’s most well-armed non-state group, Hezbollah represents…

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Mark Sewards: “It is now imperative for the UK to reset its relationship with Israel”

Posted 13 February, 2026 in Abraham Accords, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI honorary chair Mark Sewards has written the article below for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. This week, I am visiting Israel and Bahrain; my first trip to the region since becoming Labour Friends of Israel’s new parliamentary chair. My visit comes at a moment of huge opportunity and challenge. Israelis…

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Mark Sewards meets with Palestinian Peace Activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

Posted 13 February, 2026 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI honorary chair Mark Sewards met with Palestinian-American humanitarian peace activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib in parliament on 21 January. At Portcullis House, the Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley discussed with the peace activist the progress made on the Gaza peace plan, the steps necessary as the second phase is set to…

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Labour MP pushes for action against Iranian terror proxies

Posted 30 April, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, News
Kevin Bonavia MP 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 for their…

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Security Minister condemns alleged terror comments by Kneecap

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Labour Party, News
Security Minister Dan Jarvis 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 knows well…

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Labour MPs criticise alleged terror comments by Kneecap in Commons debate

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Luke Akehurst MP, David Taylor MP and David Pinto-Duschinsky MP 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…

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LFI launches ‘Iran’s Terror Army Abroad: The IRGC Threat to Britain’

Posted 28 April, 2025 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
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 research analyst at United Against…

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LFI director: In this dangerous new world, Britain’s crackdown on Iranian terror is critical

Posted 6 March, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
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 and terror in order to…

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LFI chair: We must act urgently to stop Iran producing a nuclear bomb

Posted 25 February, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for PoliticsHome. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP The UK and its allies are running out of time to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. With the world’s attention focused on the devastating war that began on 7 October 2023, Iran has been…

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LFI vice-chair Damien Egan: We must not forget the role of those in Tehran who backed Hamas

Posted 13 February, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI vice-chair Damien Egan MP has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Damien Egan MP 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 that, after nearly…

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