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LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson: Bearing witness to the October 7 pogrom was harrowing

Posted 31 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent H arrowing. That is the only word I’ve been able to use about the Labour Friends of Israel solidarity visit to Israel I went on at the beginning of January.…

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Labour parliamentarians attend briefing on Hamas sexual violence

Posted 31 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
UK-Israel APPG briefing on Hamas sexual violence A number of Labour parliamentarians have today attended a briefing, co-organised by LFI with the UK-Israel APPG, to hear from witnesses and survivor accounts of Hamas sexual violence against Israeli women and girls during the 7 October terror attacks. The event, co-chaired by LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP, was addressed…

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Shadow Middle East minister urges action against Iranian proxies

Posted 30 January, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David MP At today's FCDO questions session, Labour's shadow Middle East minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David MP pushed the government on what steps it was taking to counteract Iran's support for terrorist proxies across the Middle East, including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. He asked: "Today the Middle East is in…

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Chipping Barnet PPC Dan Tomlinson: We must continue to educate younger generations about the evil of antisemitism

Posted 30 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate in Chipping Barnet, Dan Tomlinson, has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Labour candidate in Chipping Barnet, Dan Tomlinson, with former LFI chair Louise Ellman in Israel as part of an LFI delegation The theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day was “fragility of freedom”. Many in Barnet’s…

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Analysis: Domestic pressure on Netanyahu grows as war grinds on

Posted 25 January, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
IDF troops inside the Gaza Strip > IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. Military situation in Gaza This week saw the heaviest single day losses for the IDF in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the ground operation, with 24 soldiers killed on 22 January. Some 21 were killed after being hit with…

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LFI parliamentarians take part in Holocaust Memorial Day debate

Posted 25 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, a number of LFI parliamentarians have today taken part in a debate on Holocaust Memorial Day in the House of Commons. In the context of Holocaust Memorial Day, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP reflected on recent commentary around the ongoing conflict between Israel and…

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LFI Statement on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas

Posted 24 January, 2024 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
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 abide by international law…

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Starmer: Houthi attacks “do absolutely nothing for the Palestinian people”

Posted 23 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour leader Keir Starmer Responding to today's statement from the prime minister on the UK's response to attacks by the Houthis on international shopping, Labour leader Keir Starmer has today called for stronger action against the Iranian regime - the Houthis' most significant backer - and also made clear Labour's view that "these attacks do absolutely…

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Labour MPs push govt on two states and IRGC at statement

Posted 23 January, 2024 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Andrew Gwynne MP At today's statement from the prime minister on action against Houthi maritime attacks, two Labour MPs pushed the government on issues relating to support for a two state solution and the need to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. LFI parliamentary supporter Andrew Gwynne MP asked: "May I press the Prime…

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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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