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LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford: “Hamas do not care about peace”

Posted 11 December, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP At Monday’s Westminster Hall Debate, on three e-petitions relating to Israel and Palestine, Labour Opposition Whip, Christian Wakeford, stated that he supports increased humanitarian aid into Gaza, including “fuel, electricity and food” supplies, but currently sees a permanent ceasefire with Hamas as impossible, owing to the last pause that “broke down…

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LFI chair Steve McCabe’s speech to LFI’s 2023 Annual Lunch

Posted 28 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP addresses LFI's 2023 Annual Lunch *** Check against delivery ***     Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends.         It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch.       And a warm welcome to our friends from the Abraham Accords countries.     …

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Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s speech to LFI’s 2023 Annual Lunch

Posted 28 November, 2023 in Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy addresses LFI 2023 Annual Lunch*** Check against delivery ***    Thank yous    Thank you,     Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends… some of you old friends.     Sir David Garrard for the wonderful introduction.  Isaac Kaye.  Adrian Cohen.  Steve McCabe for your advice and support.    Thomas Webster, Tina Bhartwas, Sam…

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Lammy recalls “day of horror” in address to LFI annual lunch

Posted 28 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy addresses LFI's 2023 Annual Lunch David Lammy today used the LFI annual lunch to underline Labour’s commitment to Israel and set out a series of measures the party would take in government to support a renewed drive to kick-start the Middle East peace process. The shadow foreign secretary was addressing the biggest…

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Louise Ellman: Why is Hamas’s sexual violence of October 7th being ignored?

Posted 25 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News
LFI board member Louise Ellman has written the below article for Progressive Britain. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman The UN’s International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls on 25 November is a time to face reality: the atrocities of Hamas gunmen in on October 7 included the widespread rape of…

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LFI director: Even at this dark time, we must look to the future

Posted 10 November, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Gaza port > Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons The fury and rage of the anti-Israel protesters who took to the streets of London again this weekend should not be confused with a mass movement with…

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LFI director: Gaza After Hamas: How to Win the Peace

Posted 3 November, 2023 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Fathom Journal. Click here to read the original. Gaza port > Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons Decent people of all political parties, all faiths, and all nationalities are united in their outrage at the actions of Hamas. We rightly share solidarity with the people…

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Analysis: Israel prepares for major ground operation

Posted 27 October, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
IDF soldiers stationed in Southern Israel trained along the Gaza border to ensure an ongoing level of preparedness.> Yoav Karen, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Wikimedia Commons. Latest developments Nearly three weeks after a savage Hamas terror attack left at least 1,400 people murdered, more than 5,000 wounded, and at least 220 abducted, Israel’s war against…

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LFI chair: Backing an Israel-Hamas ceasefire now would be a recipe for endless war

Posted 27 October, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Some calls for a ceasefire in Gaza are understandable and I share the sentiment that lies behind them. Witnessing the dire humanitarian situation on our TV screens is heartbreaking. That’s why Labour Friends of Israel has…

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Labour Lords push govt on BBC, hostages and IRGC proscription

Posted 24 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay LFI's chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay, said with regard to the BBC's reporting of the the conflict between Israel and Hamas: "Saying that Hamas is designated a terrorist organisation was a weasel-worded way of getting out of the fact that they were not going to call it terrorist…

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