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Labour MPs push government on post-ceasefire strategy

Posted 16 January, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Damien Egan MP, Johanna Baxter MP, Oliver Ryan MP, Deirdre Costigan MP, Matthew Patrick MP 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…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce: It is time to make Britain a Khamenei-free zone

Posted 7 January, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP 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 of…

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After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace

Posted 19 December, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
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 prospect for settling the Israeli…

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Pat McFadden: Government “will always support Israel’s right to defend itself”

Posted 9 December, 2024 in Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden 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…

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Labour MPs urge tougher action against Iran

Posted 28 October, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News
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 Gulf states and others that…

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Minister: Snapback sanctions on Tehran “an option” as new sanctions imposed

Posted 23 October, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP 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…

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Labour MPs raise Israeli-Palestinian coexistence support and Iranian proxies at Foreign Office Questions

Posted 22 October, 2024 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
At today's Foreign Office Questions session, a number of Labour parliamentarians asked questions relating to LFI campaigns, including UK support for Israeli-Palestinian people-to-people coexistence funding and Iranian support for terrorist proxies. LFI chair Jon Pearce asked: "In 2020, the US committed £250 million to support peace building and Palestinian economic development. Will the Minister consider…

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Foreign Secretary announces new sanctions against Iran in response to ballistic attack on Israel

Posted 14 October, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iranian military figures and organisations for their continued role in destabilising political relations across the Middle East. In response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1, the government said it was taking action against senior figures in the Islamic…

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Prime Minister delivers statement on October 7 anniversary

Posted 7 October, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Today, the Prime Minister delivered a statement to the house on the anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks. He opened the statement noting that October 7 "was the bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust". The anniversary marked "a day of sorrow, a day of grief" in which "over a thousand people were…

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Starmer: The UK stands with Israel after Iranian ballistic missile attack

Posted 2 October, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News
On Tuesday night, the eve of the Jewish new year, nearly ten million Israelis ran for bomb shelters as sirens blared across the country following the launch of 181 ballistic missiles towards the country by Iran, marking the largest-ever single ballistic missile attack. This is the second time that Iran has launched direct attacks on…

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