LFI chair Joan Ryan writes to Emily Thornberry in response to Emily’s letter to Jeremy Hunt on the situation in Syria. Joan states that Emily’s letter is “nothing short of a complete misreading of the facts" and that "in a dispute between the Middle East’s only democracy and a brutal theocracy which sponsors and promotes…
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have risen sharply following the discovery of attack tunnels and awarning by the terror chief’s deputy head this weekend that its rockets can now hit the entire country “even Tel Aviv”.
Last week, Israel began a major military operation on its northern border in order to expose and destroy Hezbollah tunnels crossing…
Labour Friends of Israel
Annual Lunch, 27 November 2018
Remarks by the Ambassador of Israel, HE Mark Regev. Check against delivery.
Chief Rabbi,
Chair of the Jewish Agency, Isaac Herzog,
Deputy Leader, Tom Watson,
Chair of LFI, Joan Ryan,
Parliamentarians and friends,
And a very special thanks to Sir David and Isaac for helping bring us together today.
We gather in…
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Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP
Labour Friends of Israel
Annual Lunch 2018
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 joined us;
Our chair in…
Iran may be planning to unleash a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Europe, the US media has reported.
The fears have been sparked by the arrest of a senior Iranian diplomat, accused of helping to prepare an attack on a rally of dissidents in Paris. The foiled plot, suggested the Washington Post, has led to “growing anxiety…
Responding to a letter from Nick Hurd MP, LFI chair Joan Ryan MP said:
“I am dismayed that the government has once again refused to act against Hezbollah. Sajid Javid talks a good talk, but his department has repeatedly failed to heed the warnings from myself and parliamentary colleagues that its actions continue to provide a hiding…
Over the past five years, Iran has played a major role in assisting President Assad to the brink of victory in Syria’s bloody civil war.
However, the Islamic republic’s actions have not been driven simply but its long-standing friendship with the Syrian regime. Instead, Iran has used the civil war to bolster its strength in the…
LFI chair Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP has written to the Home Secretary regarding this weekend's Al Quds Day march. You can see the letter here.
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, said:
"I am appalled that the government should once again have allowed this Iranian-inspired hate fest to take place on…
This weekend’s Al-Quds Day parade may once again see the flags of Hezbollah, an antisemitic terror group, flying in the streets of central London.
Initiated by Ayatollah Khomeni in 1979, Al Quds Day is now marked internationally, normally at the end of Ramadan. Its intent – to destroy the state of Israel – has been clear…
In a letter to Louise Ellman MP, vice-chair of LFI, Commander Jane Connors of the Metropolitan police confirmed that the Hezbollah flag can be flown at this year's Al-Quds day protest in London as the terror group’s "political wing" is not proscribed by parliament.
The letter makes clear that it is government policy – and not…
