Mark Sewards, the MP for Leeds South West and Morley, will be Labour Friends of Israel’s new honorary parliamentary chair. Mark succeeds Jon Pearce MP, who stood down in September following his appointment as the prime minister’s parliamentary private secretary. In his first visit since taking up the post, Mark met this weekend Read more…
At today’s statement from Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, she set out the government’s view that reform to remove antisemtic and inciteful content from the Palestinian Authority’s educational curriculum is “a crucial part of the Palestinian Authority reforms” required by the American peace plan. Responding to the Conservative frontbench, she said: Read more…
At today’s question in the House of Lords on antisemitism at universities, Labour peers Baroness Ramsey and Baroness Berger pushed the government on its steps to tackle campus antisemitism. Baroness Ramsey asked: “My Lords, following the shocking and violent intimidation of Professor Michael Ben-Gad and the alarming data from the Read more…
At today’s Foreign Office Questions session, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper set out the government’s position on the need for Hamas to be thoroughly disarmed in the Gaza Strip and for the bodies of the remaining hostages to be freed. She said: “We will all have seen the incredibly moving scenes Read more…
North Durham MP Luke Akehurst has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. The tragic conflict between Israel and Hamas has put the relationship between Britain and the Jewish state under great strain. The ceasefire deal agreed offers an opportunity for a reset – not Read more…
At today’s Urgent Question on the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP set out the government’s opposition to the ban and to anti-Zionist antisemitism more widely. She said: “This is about who we are as a country. A Read more…
At today’s Urgent Question on the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa, several Labour MPs pushed for more action from the government to tackle antisemitism and violence against Jewish people. Blackley and Middleton South MP Graham Stringer asked: “As my right hon. Friend Read more…
At today’s statement on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out the government’s position that the disarmament of Hamas is “non-negotiable”. He said: “Disarmament must be non-negotiable, and that is why it is written into the 20-point plan, and it is why we Read more…
At today’s statement from the Prime Minister on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Labour MPs pushed the government for greater support for peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians to ensure future peace. Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP Danny Beales asked: “I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, which we all hope Read more…
At today’s statement on the terror attack against a synogogue in Manchester, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out the government’s condemnation of the attack and its response. She said: “Let me start by calling this attack what it was: an evil act of antisemitic terrorism that targeted innocent worshippers on Read more…
At today’s statement from the Home Secretary following the terrorist attack against a synagogue in Manchester, a number of Labour MPs pushed for greater action to tackle antisemitic anti-Zionism. Local MP Graham Stringer ended his remarks by saying: “Partly because of what has happened in Gaza, many people now think Read more…
Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for the Daily Telegraph. Click here to read the original. A major terror attack on a Jewish institution – such as that whichtragically occurred at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation lastThursday – was both predictable and predicted. For two years, a Read more…