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Starmer marks month since Hamas attacks at King’s speech debate

Labour leader Keir Starmer As he responded to yesterday's King's Speech, Labour leader Keir Starmer marked the one month anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks against Israel, which killed 1,400 people. Starmer said: "It is now one month exactly since the senseless murder of Jews by the terrorists of Hamas and the taking of hostages on…

Starmer insists humanitarian pauses the way forward in Gaza

Labour leader Keir Starmer speaking at Chatham House Labour leader Keir Starmer has today set out Labour's support for humanitarian pauses in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, explaining in a speech at Chatham House that a ceasefire would leave Hamas with the capability to carry out further attacks in Israel, and prevent…

Analysis: Israel prepares for major ground operation

IDF soldiers stationed in Southern Israel trained along the Gaza border to ensure an ongoing level of preparedness.> Yoav Karen, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Wikimedia Commons. Latest developments Nearly three weeks after a savage Hamas terror attack left at least 1,400 people murdered, more than 5,000 wounded, and at least 220 abducted, Israel’s war against…

LFI chair: Backing an Israel-Hamas ceasefire now would be a recipe for endless war

LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Some calls for a ceasefire in Gaza are understandable and I share the sentiment that lies behind them. Witnessing the dire humanitarian situation on our TV screens is heartbreaking. That’s why Labour Friends of Israel has…

LFI vice-chair Diana Johnson: There will be no peace while Hamas still has power

LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for TheHouse. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP They murdered and kidnapped Holocaust survivors, massacred babies and gunned down young people as they danced at a music festival. It is difficult to comprehend – let alone explain – the savagery which Hamas terrorists…

LFI backs Biden administration’s calls for Gaza humanitarian aid pauses

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is urgent and desperate. The deaths and suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians, especially children, is tragic and heartbreaking. The humanitarian situation is rooted in 16 years of rule by Hamas – an antisemitic terror group which has repeatedly and consistently prioritised its genocidal war against Israel and the Jewish people over…

Rayner: Israel boycotts “offer no meaningful route to peace”

Labour deputy leader and shadow levelling up secretary Angela Rayner Speaking for the Labour frontbench in today's report stage debate of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies Bill, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow secretary of state for levelling up, Angela Rayner, reiterated that “Labour is opposed to a policy of adopting boycott, divestment and sanctions against…

Labour Lords push govt on BBC, hostages and IRGC proscription

LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay LFI's chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay, said with regard to the BBC's reporting of the the conflict between Israel and Hamas: "Saying that Hamas is designated a terrorist organisation was a weasel-worded way of getting out of the fact that they were not going to call it terrorist…

Labour FCDO Lords spokesperson: “Responsibility for this crisis lies with Hamas”

Labour's shadow Lords FCDO spokesperson, Lord Collins of Highbury Responding today's debate in the House of Lords for the opposition, Labour's Foreign Office spokesperson in the House of Lords, Lord Collins, said: "As Keir Starmer said yesterday, the brutal attack in Israel just over two weeks ago was the darkest day in Jewish history since the…