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Foreign Secretary: Iran must never have a nuclear weapon

Posted 23 June, 2025 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy At today's statement on the conflict between Israel and Iran, Foreign Secretary David Lammy set out the government's position that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon. He said: "Britain has long had concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and the United States has now taken…

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Foreign Secretary warns of existential threat to Israel from nuclear Iran

Posted 16 June, 2025 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy At today's statement in the Commons from the Foreign Secretary on the conflict between Israel and the Iranian regime, Foreign Secretary David Lammy set out the government's support for Israel's right to defend itself and concern about Iran's nuclear programme. He said: "It should come as no surprise that Israel considers the…

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Starmer: UK supports Israel’s right to self-defence against nuclear Iran

Posted 13 June, 2025 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Prime Minister Keir Starmer In an interview with the Bloomberg News this afternoon following Israel's overnight strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out his "grave concerns" about Iran's nuclear programme and reasserted his support for Israel's right to self-defence against the Iranian threat. "It's obvious that for a long time we've…

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LFI statement on Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities

Posted 13 June, 2025 in Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News
The malign activities of the Iranian regime - including its nuclear ambitions - are a grave threat to Israel, the Middle East, Ukraine and the UK. Again and again, Iranian leaders have made plain their intention to destroy Israel. Their attempts to develop nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to the world’s only Jewish…

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Labour MPs urge government to support moderate and pragmatic voices in Israel and Palestine

Posted 10 June, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Mark Sewards MP, Graeme Downie MP and Dan Tomlinson MP At this evening's statement from the Middle East Minister in the House of Commons, several Labour MPs asked questions regarding government policy towards supporting moderates and pragmatists in the region, and the need to free the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. LFI chair…

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LFI statement on sanctions against Ben Gvir and Smotrich

Posted 10 June, 2025 in Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
We welcome the government’s decision to impose sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. LFI has consistently supported action against violent extremists in the West Bank, as well as action to rein in illegal settlement outposts. We also opposed the presence of these far-right ministers in the current government, recognising that their agenda is antithetical…

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Baroness Berger urges government to support peacebuilders

Posted 9 June, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Baroness Berger At today's statement on the Middle East in the House of Lords, Baroness Berger urged the FCDO Minister, Lord Collins of Highbury, about how the government plans to support moderates and pragmatics in Israel and Palestine in order to further the cause of peace. She asked: "My Lords, I draw attention to my entry…

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LFI chair: Netanyahu is a disaster – pressuring Hamas is the way to get rid of him

Posted 4 June, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for PoliticsHome. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP Keir Starmer is right to describe the humanitarian situation in Gaza as intolerable. Far too many innocent Gazans have died since the conflict began. After 11 weeks without any aid entering the territory following the…

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LFI chair raises Hamas rejection of ceasefire in Commons chamber

Posted 4 June, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP At today's statement on the situation in the Middle East, LFI chair Jon Pearce asked the Middle East Minister about Hamas's rejection of the US and Israeli-backed ceasefire proposal over the weekend. He said: "I thank the Minister for all the work he is doing and the endless number of statements…

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