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Louise Ellman: It’s hard to believe a month ago I was visiting kibbutz Kfar Aza

Former LFI chair and MP for Liverpool Riverside Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman It’s hard to believe that a little over a month ago I was part of an LFI delegation visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza. The group, led by Sharon…

Anne Clarke: We must support Israel in this unprecedented moment of terror, pain and suffering

London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Anne Clarke has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Anne Clarke The events of last weekend in Israel have sickened the world, with shockwaves reverberating across the UK’s Jewish community. Hamas slaughtered entire families and took hostage elderly…

Margaret Hodge: Israel’s response to this terror must be resolute. But it must remain consistent with international law

LFI parliamentary supporter Margaret Hodge MP has written the below article for the Guardian. Click here to read the original. LFI parliamentary supporter Margaret Hodge MP Kishinev. Babi Yar. Munich. The sites of Jewish massacres throughout history. Now there is another place that will for ever be associated with the slaughter of innocent Jews: Kfar Aza. Kibbutz Kfar…

Labour MPs attend Israel vigils across the UK

Vigil for Israel in Manchester Labour politicians attended vigils in cities across the UK yesterday and today, as people come together to mourn those killed by Hamas's attacks against Israel. In Manchester, metro mayor Andy Burnham and council leader Bev Craig addressed the vigil, with Burnham warning that any rise in antisemitic hate in Greater Manchester would…

Analysis: Hamas’ bloody massacre sparks war with Israel

IDF Armored forces at a staging area in Upper Galilee, near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, October 11, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90) Hamas launched a massive assault on southern Israel on Saturday morning, murdering over 1,000 men, women and children and kidnapping an estimated 130 hostages. Thousands of people were injured in the well-planned and highly…

Standing ovation for Israel during Starmer’s conference speech

Standing ovation for Keir Starmer's comments on Israel during conference speech Labour leader Keir Starmer received two standing ovations after stressing the party’s support for Jews and for Israel in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Starmer said that he was “shocked and appalled by the events in Israel". He went on to…

Starmer to LFI: “Labour stands with Israel”

Keir Starmer addressing LFI's vigil at Labour conference Keir Starmer strongly backed Israel and condemned Hamas at LFI’s reception on Tuesday evening, at which some 1,000 people turned out to show support for the Jewish state. The Labour leader addressed LFI supporters during a vigil for the victims of the terrorist attacks, during which there was a…

Lammy conference speech affirms support for Israel

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP At the start of his keynote speech at conference this morning, shadow foreign secretary and longstanding LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy expressed his support for Israel in the face of Hamas's recent attacks and declared that “Labour stands firmly in support of Israel’s right to defend itself, rescue hostages and…

Lammy and Cooper: Labour condemns this terrorism in the fiercest terms

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper have today written for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Shadow Home Secretary and LFI parliamentary support Yvette Cooper Shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP Saturday, October 7th, was a day of horror. Not just for those slaughtered and abducted…

Labour conference falls silent for Israel terror victims

Moment's silence for Israel at Labour conference Angela Rayner led a moment's silence at Labour party conference in Liverpool today, in memory of those killed in Hamas's terror attacks against Israel. She said that “I know you will all be appalled by the shocking situation and events in Israel where over one thousand people including 10 British…