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LFI statement on the UK government’s recognition of Palestinian statehood

Posted 21 September, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
While we do not doubt the sincerity of the government’s intentions and share its desire to see an end to the tragic conflict in Gaza, we strongly disagree with the decision to recognise a Palestinian state at this point. Recognition of a Palestinian state outside of a meaningful peace process will change nothing on the…

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Prime Minister meets Israel’s President Herzog

Posted 10 September, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Keir Starmer Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Downing Street this afternoon. In the meeting, the leaders agreed that the 48 remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas for nearly two years must be released. The Prime Minister also shared his condolences for the horrifying terror…

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Labour MP: Recognition of Palestine must not reward Hamas

Posted 2 September, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Luke Myer MP, Rachel Blake MP and Matt Turmaine MP At Foreign Office Questions today, several Labour MPs asked questions of ministers regarding the role of Hamas in a future Palestinian state, the fate of the remaining hostages, and progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza. Luke Myer MP asked: "We all want to see an end…

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Labour MPs raise IRGC proscription and support for Israeli moderates in Commons

Posted 1 September, 2025 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
Jon Pearce MP and Peter Prinsley MP At today's Commons statement on the Middle East, Labour MPs asked questions of the Foreign Secretary. LFI chair Jon Pearce asked: "I welcome the Government’s decision to trigger the snapback mechanism to address the Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions. Following arrests in May relating to a suspected Iranian-backed terror plot,…

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LFI statement on the situation in Gaza

Posted 1 September, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI stands with the vast majority of the Israeli people who want to end the war and free the hostages, who Hamas have held in appalling conditions for nearly 700 days. Hamas’ murderous assault on southern Israel on 7 October triggered a conflict which has brought about terrible suffering for innocent Israelis and Palestinians alike.…

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LFI statement on Palestinian recognition

Posted 29 July, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI shares our government’s desire to end the devastating conflict in Gaza; secure the release of the Israeli hostages and address the catastrophic humanitarian situation by ensuring more desperately needed aid for its people; and help advance the cause of a two-state solution. We strongly support a negotiated two-state solution as the only means to guarantee…

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Labour MPs raise hostages and peacebuilding at Middle East statement

Posted 21 July, 2025 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Matthew Patrick MP and Gregor Poynton MP At today’s statement in the House of Commons on the Middle East, Labour MPs asked the Foreign Secretary about UK policy towards the 50 remaining Israeli hostages and support for civil society peacebuilding. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked: "I recently met the mother of Oz…

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LFI vice-chair Damien Egan: It’s time to end the quiet toleration of hatred and extremism

Posted 2 July, 2025 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
The below article has been written by LFI honorary vice-chair Damien Egan MP in JewishNews. LFI vice-chair Damien Egan MP The appalling events at Glastonbury this weekend – not just Bob Vylan’s hateful rhetoric but the fact that large numbers of the crowd joined the murderous chants – highlights once again the manner in which antisemitism…

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Ministers push for aid to hostages and hope for Abraham Accords

Posted 24 June, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy At today's Foreign Office Questions session, the Foreign Secretary and Middle East Minister set out the government's view that humanitarian aid must reach the remaining hostages in Gaza, and around the future of the Abraham Accords. On the former, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer said: "Aid can be delivered effectively into Gaza.…

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