LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The furore over the candidacy of Azhar Ali in Rochdale is a potent reminder of both the power – and destructive quality – of conspiracy theories. Keir Starmer’s decision to withdraw Labour’s support Read more…
Keir Starmer is right: we urgently need an end to the fighting and a permanent and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza. How do we get there? Hamas must be disarmed and have no role in the future governance of Gaza. All the Israeli hostages must be immediately released and indiscriminate rocket Read more…
Since Hamas’ brutal and savage attack on Israeli civilians on 7 October, Israel’s has sought to defend its citizens by dismantling the terror group’s military and political infrastructure in Gaza. It has the right and duty to do so, and, like any democracy engaged in a conflict, a responsibility to Read more…
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Last February, I visited Israel with a group of Labour parliamentary colleagues. Towards the end of our delegation, we travelled to the south of the country, having a relaxed lunch with residents Read more…
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. 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 Read more…
An LFI delegation of Labour parliamentarians and former parliamentarians has this week visited Israel in solidarity following the 7 October attacks and subsequent conflict with Hamas. The delegation, led by former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman, includes LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP, Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Baroness Ruth Anderson of Read more…
At today’s Westminster Hall Debate on antisemitic offences in the UK, LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson spoke about the increase in antisemitism that has taken place in the UK since 7 October and discussed her experiences visiting Israel on LFI delegations. She said: “It has been the most horrific time since Read more…
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson has written the below article for Politics Home. Click here to read the original. 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’ Read more…
LFI PUBLISHES A WAR FOR THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST Labour Friends of Israel today publishes its latest policy briefing: A War for the Future of the Middle East by LFI chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale. On 7 October, Hamas’ brutal assault triggered not just Read more…
LFI board member Louise Ellman has written the below article for The Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. The reservoirs of rage and hate are overflowing now, but we must plan for what comes next In the wake of the atrocities of October 7 and the ensuing catastrophic war, Read more…
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI (Labour Friends of Israel) was founded a little under 10 years after the establishment of the State of Israel. We’ve supported Israel through the good times – the miracle of Read more…
This afternoon, the leaders of Labour Friends of Israel, Conservative Friends of Israel and Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel have written a joint letter to Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, expressing “deep concern” about Hamas’s refusal to allow ICRC access to the 130+ Read more…