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Analysis: Battles rage inside Gaza

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…

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

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 pushes govt on sexual violence against Israeli women

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: The world has failed the Jewish people, again

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…

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

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: “Hamas do not care about peace”

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 Cat McKinnell raises Israel’s security and two state solution

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…

Analysis: Israel operations against Hamas move south

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…

LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson writes to Foreign Secretary on Hamas sexual attacks

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…