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Likud’s victory is depressing – but Israel is a liberal and progressive country. By Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI

Published by Labourlist on 18 March Yesterday millions of Israelis voted in the country’s general election. It followed a closely fought campaign, covered by a media which pulls no punches and contested by parties representing leftwing secularists, rightwing Haredim, Islamist Arabs and every point in between. Sadly, that election appears likely to result in another term for…

LFI leads a delegation of Labour PPCs and MPs to Israel and the Palestinian territories

Labour Friends of Israel have just returned from a very successful four day-long visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with four Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidates and two Labour Members of Parliament. Dame Tessa Jowell MP, who held several senior ministerial positions under PM Tony Blair and PM Gordon Brown, led…

Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party’s first visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, April 2014

Ed Miliband showed strong solidarity with Israel and highlighted his personal connection to the country on his first visit as Leader of the Labour Party. The Labour Leader was joined by his wife Justine, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander, political advisors and LFI director Jennifer Gerber. Ed Miliband met with Israeli and Palestinian officials, including Prime…

Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis leads LFI delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories

Delegates at Sderot police station, where rockets fired at Sderot from Gaza are stored Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis MP led, last week, a delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Ivan Lewis was joined by Derek Twigg MP and LFI Vice Chair and International Development Committee member Michael McCann MP on the visit. The…

Labour Friends of Israel leads a delegation of Parliamentarians to Israel and the Palestinian territories

Labour Friends of Israel leads a delegation of Parliamentarians to Israel and the Palestinian territories Labour Friends of Israel have just returned from a very successful week-long visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with seven Labour Members of Parliament. LFI Chair John Woodcock MP, a Shadow Transport Minister, led the delegation,…