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Analysis: PA’s terror payments revealed

The full extent of the Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying “salaries” to terrorists and their families was revealed this week, with the bill said to have exceeded $1bn over the last four years. The figure was revealed by Brig.-Gen (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, a former director general of Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years1 June, 2017 ago

Analysis: Pressure increases over PA terrorist salaries

LFI chair Joan Ryan MP has written to Theresa May, urging the government to ensure that the Palestinian Authority does not pay a salary to the man who murdered British student Hannah Bladon in Jerusalem last month.  This practice, enshrined in Palestinian law and first exposed in 2011, has been Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years3 May, 2017 ago

May urged to secure pledge from PA over Bladon murder

This article originally appeared in the Jewish Chronicle.  Theresa May’s government has been urged to seek assurances from Palestinian  Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas that the man who murdered a British student in Jerusalem last week will not now be paid a salary by the PA for his act of terrorism. Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years2 May, 2017 ago

Analysis: Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike continues

Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti announced last week that he was going on hunger strike, accepting only water and salt. Palestinian officials say Barghouti’s health is “dangerously deteriorating” and that he is refusing Israeli medical treatment and food. This dramatic move has garnered the support of 1,000 of his fellow prisoners Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years26 April, 2017 ago

Analysis: Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike continues

Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti announced last week that he was going on hunger strike, accepting only water and salt. Palestinian officials say Barghouti’s health is “dangerously deteriorating” and that he is refusing Israeli medical treatment and food. This dramatic move has garnered the support of 1,000 of his fellow prisoners Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years26 April, 2017 ago

Labour dossier reveals PA’s school terror name shame

This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle.  Terrorists and Nazi collaborators have been ‘honoured’ by having schools named after them in the West Bank The government has been urged to step up pressure on the Palestinian Authority over funding pledges after it emerged that more than 20 Palestinian schools Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years30 March, 2017 ago

Government must publish review into UK funding of Palestinian Authority

This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle.  Labour Friends of Israel chair concerned that British money is going to pay salaries of teachers working at schools named after terrorists On 11 March 1978, Dalal Mughrabi led a group of 11 fellow Palestinian and Lebanese militants ashore on a Tel Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years30 March, 2017 ago

Ian Austin on reports about the suspension of funding to the PA

Commenting on reports about the suspension of funding to the PA in today’s Sun, Ian Austin MP, LFI parliamentary supporter, said: “British aid has a key role to play in supporting the alleviation of poverty and economic development and the promotion of peace and coexistence in Palestine. Those goals are, Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years7 October, 2016 ago

Ian Austin MP letter to Priti Patel MP

LFI Parliamentary Supporter has written to Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Palestinian Authority that governs DFID’s aid to the PA. You can read the letter here.

By lfiIsrael, 9 years12 September, 2016 ago

Joan Ryan MP calls on the home secretary to ban terror supporter

This article first appeared on Jewish News. You can read the full, original letter here. Labour Friends of Israel has called for the Home Secretary to ban a leading Palestinian leadership contender from entry into the UK. LFI chair Joan Ryan MP asked Amber Rudd to bar Jibril Rajoub, a Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years8 September, 2016 ago

Government Response to LFI’s call for Suspension of Aid

This article initially appeared in JewishNews, you can read it here. The government has insisted “safeguards are in place” to ensure UK aid to pay Palestinian civil servants is not misused amid claims that funds could be helping pave the way for salaries to terrorists. Labour Friend of Israel called Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years14 June, 2016 ago

Ian Austin: Let’s use the aid budget to promote peace in the Middle East and ensure our money never funds violence

This article was originally posted on LabourList – you can read it here. British aid feeds 25 million under-fives. It supports midwives, nurses and doctors so 4.3 million babies can be born safely. Our aid spending helped tackle Ebola in Africa. It feeds the starving, helps refugees and provides jobs. Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 years14 June, 2016 ago

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