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LFI vice-chair John Spellar pushes for IRGC proscription

Posted 22 January, 2024 in Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, News
LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP At today's debate on statutory instrument Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 1314), LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP once again pushed the government on the need to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organisation. John asked: "The Minister mentions individuals with the revolutionary guard, but what about the…

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Analysis: Terror attacks and Houthi strikes as Gaza campaign continues

Posted 19 January, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
IDF troops inside the Gaza Strip > IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. Situation in Gaza Medications were provided to Israeli hostages on Wednesday 16 January, reportedly in return for an increase in the supply of pharmaceutical aid entering Gaza, following an agreement brokered by Qatar and France. Some 136 hostages remain…

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LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford welcomes Hizb ut-Tahrir ban and urges IRGC extension

Posted 18 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP At today's debate on the proscription of Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation, the Labour frontbench and LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP strongly supported the government's move to proscribe the group. LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford said: "I congratulate the Government—I will not say that too many times—on taking the important and welcome step…

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Labour welcomes proscription of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Iran, Labour Party, News
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper MP Labour's shadow home secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter Yvette Cooper MP has today welcomed the government's announcement that it would lay a draft order to proscribe the Hizb ut-Tahrir organisation as a terror group. Hizb ut-Tahrir is an Islamic fundamentalist group with an ideology rooted in antisemitism, anti-Zionism and anti-Western sentiment. Cooper…

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Analysis: Gaza war enters new phase as Netanyahu rejects permanent reoccupation

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
IDF troops in operation protective edge 2023. (Israel Defense Forces), via WikiMedia The conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terror group will on Sunday reach one hundred days since the 7 October attacks. On the ground: Israel’s leadership has indicated a shift in its military campaign against Hamas, moving from intense battles to more targeted operations. Both…

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LFI Lords chair: A war for the future of the Middle East

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair in the House of Lords Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay Hamas’ brutal assault of Saturday 7th October did not just trigger a war between the terror group and Israel. Instead, as a newly published paper from Labour…

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LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones condemns pro-Houthi chanting

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP At today's statement from the prime minister on the US-UK airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, following their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP reminded colleagues of the Houthis' destructive ideology and condemned pro-Houthi chanting at protests in London at the weekend. She said:…

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LFI at JLM one-day conference 2024

Posted 14 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI had a major presence at today's Jewish Labour Movement one-day conference in north London, including a stall and several sessions on issues relating to Israel and the wider Middle East. First session at JLM conference. The day began with an event on the future of the Israeli left, chaired by former LFI chair Louise Ellman,…

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LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson: Hamas’ use of rape as a weapon of war must be condemned

Posted 21 December, 2023 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson has written the below article for Politics Home. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP The voices of women in war have long been silenced. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Amid the multiple atrocities of Hamas’ attacks on southern…

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Labour MPs push government for action on Iran at Foreign Office Questions

Posted 12 December, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, News
LFI parliamentary supporter Chris Bryant MP At today's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions session, two Labour MPs pushed the government for tougher action against the Iranian regime, in light of its support for the Hamas terror group in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. LFI parliamentary supporter Chris Bryant MP asked: "I agree with the comments made by…

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