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LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford: False charges of genocide are no defence for 7th October atrocities

Posted 17 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP 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 the residents of…

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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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Louise Ellman leads LFI solidarity delegation to Israel

Posted 11 January, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI solidarity delegation meeting president Isaac Herzog 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…

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LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson discusses visiting Israel with LFI in antisemitism debate

Posted 9 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP 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 the attack in…

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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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Louise Ellman: We cannot let go of faith in the hope of making peace

Posted 14 December, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict
LFI board member Louise Ellman has written the below article for The Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman 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, the reservoirs…

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LFI chair: The world has failed the Jewish people, again

Posted 12 December, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 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…

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LFI, CFI and LDFI chairs co-sign letter to Red Cross president on Israeli hostages

Posted 11 December, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Letter to ICRC page 1 Letter to ICRC page 2 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…

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LFI Lords chair writes to Qatari and Turkish ambassadors on hostages and support for Hamas

Posted 11 December, 2023 in Hamas, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
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+ Israeli hostages still in Gaza. In…

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