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LFI statement on the tragic events of the last 10 days in Israel and Gaza

Last weekend, Hamas launched a terrorist attack deliberately targeting Israeli civilians. Over 1,400 people were murdered: babies massacred, Holocaust survivors shot dead and entire families tortured and killed. Hamas seized 200 Israeli hostages, including women, children and people with disabilities.    The terror attacks represent the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.…

LFI parliamentarians push government on hostages, Iran and antisemitism

House of Commons marks a minute's silence before the Prime Minister's statement on Hamas's attacks against Israel Following the Prime Minister's statement to the House of Commons following Hamas's attack against Israel and the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza, a number of LFI parliamentarians asked a series of questions to the Prime Minister in the…

Analysis: Hamas’ bloody massacre sparks war with Israel

IDF Armored forces at a staging area in Upper Galilee, near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, October 11, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90) Hamas launched a massive assault on southern Israel on Saturday morning, murdering over 1,000 men, women and children and kidnapping an estimated 130 hostages. Thousands of people were injured in the well-planned and highly…

Starmer to LFI: “Labour stands with Israel”

Keir Starmer addressing LFI's vigil at Labour conference Keir Starmer strongly backed Israel and condemned Hamas at LFI’s reception on Tuesday evening, at which some 1,000 people turned out to show support for the Jewish state. The Labour leader addressed LFI supporters during a vigil for the victims of the terrorist attacks, during which there was a…

In Brief: Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander visits Syria

IRGC Parade in Tehran. Image Credit: YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ elite Quds Force, Esmail Ghaani, visited Syria last week to oversee a joint military drill, according to Iranian media reports. Ghaani, who was appointed following a US drone strike against his predecessor, Qassem Soleimani, in 2020, reportedly…

Yvette Cooper sets out plans to proscribe Iranian Revolutionary Guards

Shadow Home Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter Yvette Cooper MP Shadow Home Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter Yvette Cooper MP has reiterated Labour's intention to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation should it come to government after the next election. In a speech today at the Royal United Services Institute, Yvette set…

David Lammy sets out Labour’s concerns on IRGC and Iran’s nuclear programme

Shadow Foreign Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP In his response to this afternoon's statement on Iran, Shadow Foreign Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP made clear that the government must go further to deal with the threats posed to the UK and Israel by the Iranian regime. Lammy set out the case…

LFI parliamentarians attend briefing with Israeli Intelligence Minister

Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel addresses a cross-party group of parliamentarians This afternoon, Israel's Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel gave a briefing to a group of cross-party parliamentarians, organised by the UK-Israel APPG. A number of LFI parliamentarians attended the briefing, with discussion and questions on a range of issues, particularly the need for the UK government…

In Brief: Iran praises Palestinian terrorism as leaders visit Tehran

Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons The leaders of Palestinian terror groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas were in Tehran yesterday for talks with top Iranian officials. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi received Islamic Jihad chief Ziad Nakhaleh, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the newly appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme…

LFI MPs sign cross-party letter on UK university support for Iranian drone development

Drone > avionespana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A number of LFI MPs have today added their names to a cross-party letter addressed to Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, calling on the government to investigate allegations in the Jewish Chronicle that scientists at British universities have been helping Iran develop technology that could be…