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Cameron turns down LFI call for review of PA funding; Joan Ryan MP requests Prime Minister “think again”; denounces UK support for co-existence projects as “pitiable”

Posted 7 April, 2016 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Joan Ryan has urged the Prime Minister to "think again" after he rejected her call for an independent review into how Britain’s aid money is spent in Israel-Palestine. In February, LFI’s Chair wrote to David Cameron raising her concerns about the Palestinian Authority’s role in inciting the current wave of violence in Israel. She asked…

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Is UK funding Palestinian incitement? Joan Ryan MP challenges PM David Cameron

Posted 18 February, 2016 in Antisemitism, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Click here for the original letter to Cameron on PA funding. Article by Sandy Rashty for the Jewish Chronicle. Article available here British taxpayers’ money cannot be used to provide a “blank cheque” to the Palestinian Authority, a Labour MP has said. Joan Ryan, Labour Friends of Israel chair, said she was “disturbed” that the PA…

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Foreign Office Questions – Labour MPs urge government to put pressure on Palestinian Authority to end incitement to violence

Posted 14 January, 2016 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI chair Joan Ryan this week urged the government to pressure the Palestinian Authority to put an end incitement to violence. At questions to the Secretary of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on Tuesday, Joan Ryan asked  the Minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood MP: “On new year’s day, Nashat Melhem murdered…

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Joan Ryan writes to Prime Minister Cameron over violence in Israel

Posted 14 October, 2015 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Dear David, I am writing to you about the terrible violence which is currently engulfing Israel. The brutal attacks on Israeli civilians are without justification and I would ask that you convey to the Israeli government that the British people stand with the people of Israel at this most difficult time. I believe, however, that the…

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