IDF troops in operation protective edge 2023. (Israel Defense Forces), via WikiMedia
Latest developments
Israel continues intensive ground and air attacks on Hamas fighters and infrastructure, including its tunnels. The main focus of operations is the southern city of Khan Younis, with the IDF continuing to give instructions to Gazan citizens to evacuate the areas…
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…
LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP
At today's Women and Equalities oral questions session, LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP asked the Secretary of State about the UN's slow response to the sexual violence used against Israeli women and girls by Hamas in the 7 October attacks.
She asked: "Will the UK use its seat on the UN Human…
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…
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…
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP
At Monday’s Westminster Hall Debate, on three e-petitions relating to Israel and Palestine, Labour Opposition Whip, Christian Wakeford, stated that he supports increased humanitarian aid into Gaza, including “fuel, electricity and food” supplies, but currently sees a permanent ceasefire with Hamas as impossible, owing to the last pause that “broke down…
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP
At today's Urgent Question on the Israel-Hamas War in the House of Commons, LFI parliamentary supporter Catherine McKinnell MP asked the Minister what steps the UK is pursuing with international partners to ensure the security of Israel and to allow for the rebuilding and a path toward statehood for Palestine.
She asked…
IDF troops in Jabaliya > December 5, 2023. (Israel Defence Forces), via Twitter
Latest developments
Israel has expanded its ground offensive into southern Gaza, promising to pursue Hamas commanders and operatives who took advantage of its targeted northern operation by moving southward. The southern city of Khan Younis, where Hamas is known to have concentrated its…
Letter from LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP to the Foreign Secretary
Letter from LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP to the Foreign Secretary
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…
Steve Brisley addresses LFI's 2023 Annual Lunch
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Bring them home
Eli Sharabi is my brother. I love him and I miss him. I need your help to bring him home.
Eli is married to my sister, Lianne, and father to my two beautiful nieces, Noiya and Yahel.…
