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LFI vice-chair Damien Egan highlights media bias in coverage of Israel

Posted 16 January, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Damien Egan MP At today's Culture, Media and Sport Questions, LFI vice-chair Damien Egan MP raised concerns with the government about media bias against Israel in coverage of the war in Gaza. He asked: "The BBC has a responsibility to share content that licence fee payers can trust, yet the Asserson report found widespread evidence of…

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Labour MPs push government on post-ceasefire strategy

Posted 16 January, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Damien Egan MP, Johanna Baxter MP, Oliver Ryan MP, Deirdre Costigan MP, Matthew Patrick MP At today's statement from the Foreign Secretary on the hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza, several Labour MPs raised questions around the government's strategy for the implementation and post-war planning. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked: "I am…

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Foreign Secretary: All hostages freed and no role for Hamas after ceasefire

Posted 16 January, 2025 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Foreign Secretary David Lammy In his statement on the agreement of a hostage deal and ceasefire in Gaza, Foreign Secretary David Lammy today welcomed the agreement and set out the government's approach to its implementation and post-war planning. On the release of the hostages and other victims of the 7 October Hamas attacks, he said: "After…

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LFI statement on the agreement of a ceasefire in Gaza

Posted 15 January, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI welcomes today’s ceasefire announcement. We commend the bravery and courage of the families of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza and hope to see the swift release of all of their loved ones. We hope too that the ceasefire will allow a surge in aid to ease the plight of the people of Gaza.…

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Labour MPs highlight Hamas sexual violence in Backbench Business Debate

Posted 10 January, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News
Sharon Hodgson MP, Kirsteen Sullivan MP and Emily Darlington MP At today's Backbench Business Debate on the impact of conflict on women and girls, a number of Labour MPs highlighted the sexual violence against Israeli women and girls committed by Hamas and other terror groups during the 7 October Hamas attacks. In her speech, LFI vice-chair…

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Middle East Minister: Hamas must have no role in post-war Gaza

Posted 7 January, 2025 in Hamas, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP At today’s urgent question in the House of Commons on the situation in northern Gaza, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP set out a number of the government's positions on the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including the government's strategy for a post-war Gaza. Foreign Affairs Select Committee chair Emily Thornberry…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce: It is time to make Britain a Khamenei-free zone

Posted 7 January, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Last year, the Iranian regime celebrated the 45th anniversary of the revolution which brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power and ushered in more than four decades of brutal repression at home and the export of…

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