Today, LFI’s chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay, has written to the ambassadors of Qatar and Turkey in the UK, raising her “deep concern” about both states’ relationships with the Hamas terror group and the calling on them to apply pressure for the release of the around 130+ Read more…
Today, LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP has written to the Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron expressing her concern over the emerging evidence of systematic sexual abuse of Israeli women by Hamas terrorists in the 7 October attacks. The letter also condemns the “failure of the international community to clearly and unequivocally Read more…
LFI board member Louise Ellman has written the below article for Progressive Britain. Click here to read the original. 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 Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The catastrophic Israel-Hamas war is an irreversible turning point in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The diplomatic priority for the international community in the short term is the massive humanitarian needs of Gazans and Read more…
As it has done for the past three decades, the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to cost too many innocent Israeli and Palestinian lives. It is time to bring it to a close. Israel is fighting Hamas, not the Palestinian people. It is absolutely right to do so, but Read more…
LFI PUBLISHES A POST-WAR DIPLOMATIC AGENDA FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE Labour Friends of Israel is today publishing its latest policy paper: A Post-war Diplomatic Agenda for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, by LFI director Michael Rubin. In these darkest of days, it is hard to imagine that any good can come from the death, Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. 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 strong public backing. In its Read more…
Today, LFI and the Jewish Labour Movement wrote to all Labour councillors setting out our support for Keir Starmer and Labour’s position on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, with a need for humanitarian pauses and to prioritise community cohesion. See below for the full letter.
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Fathom Journal. Click here to read the original. 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 of Israel, are horrified by Read more…
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. 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 Read more…
LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for TheHouse. Click here to read the original. They murdered and kidnapped Holocaust survivors, massacred babies and gunned down young people as they danced at a music festival. It is difficult to comprehend – let alone explain – the savagery which Read more…
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is urgent and desperate. The deaths and suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians, especially children, is tragic and heartbreaking. The humanitarian situation is rooted in 16 years of rule by Hamas – an antisemitic terror group which has repeatedly and consistently prioritised its genocidal war against Read more…