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Analysis: Israel reels from Hamas attacks as Gaza intervention looms

The remains of the Sderot city police after Hamas attacks > Yoav Karen, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel is preparing to initiate a “significant ground operation” to strike Hamas in Gaza “from air, sea and land” following last week’s terror attacks. Latest developments Latest figures suggest that at least 1,400 Israelis were killed in the Hamas…

LFI parliamentarians push government on hostages, Iran and antisemitism

House of Commons marks a minute's silence before the Prime Minister's statement on Hamas's attacks against Israel Following the Prime Minister's statement to the House of Commons following Hamas's attack against Israel and the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza, a number of LFI parliamentarians asked a series of questions to the Prime Minister in the…

Labour “stands with Israel” in Commons statement

Labour leader Keir Starmer At today's statement from the prime minister on Hamas's attacks on Israel and the ongoing situation in Gaza, Labour leader Keir Starmer made clear that "Labour stands with Israel", summarising the party's wish to "send a strong message that Westminster is united, and Britain is united: with Israel, against terror, for international…

Labour reaffirms support for Israel in Lords statement

Labour's header in the House of Lords and LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Smith of Basildon At today's statement on the situation in Israel and Gaza, Labour's leader in the House of Lords and LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Smith of Basildon, reaffirmed Labour's "total condemnation of Hamas’s appalling and ongoing attacks on Israel". Her full comments were as…

Louise Ellman: It’s hard to believe a month ago I was visiting kibbutz Kfar Aza

Former LFI chair and MP for Liverpool Riverside Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman It’s hard to believe that a little over a month ago I was part of an LFI delegation visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza. The group, led by Sharon…

Anne Clarke: We must support Israel in this unprecedented moment of terror, pain and suffering

London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Anne Clarke has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Anne Clarke The events of last weekend in Israel have sickened the world, with shockwaves reverberating across the UK’s Jewish community. Hamas slaughtered entire families and took hostage elderly…

Margaret Hodge: Israel’s response to this terror must be resolute. But it must remain consistent with international law

LFI parliamentary supporter Margaret Hodge MP has written the below article for the Guardian. Click here to read the original. LFI parliamentary supporter Margaret Hodge MP Kishinev. Babi Yar. Munich. The sites of Jewish massacres throughout history. Now there is another place that will for ever be associated with the slaughter of innocent Jews: Kfar Aza. Kibbutz Kfar…

Labour MPs attend Israel vigils across the UK

Vigil for Israel in Manchester Labour politicians attended vigils in cities across the UK yesterday and today, as people come together to mourn those killed by Hamas's attacks against Israel. In Manchester, metro mayor Andy Burnham and council leader Bev Craig addressed the vigil, with Burnham warning that any rise in antisemitic hate in Greater Manchester would…

Standing ovation for Israel during Starmer’s conference speech

Standing ovation for Keir Starmer's comments on Israel during conference speech Labour leader Keir Starmer received two standing ovations after stressing the party’s support for Jews and for Israel in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Starmer said that he was “shocked and appalled by the events in Israel". He went on to…

Starmer to LFI: “Labour stands with Israel”

Keir Starmer addressing LFI's vigil at Labour conference Keir Starmer strongly backed Israel and condemned Hamas at LFI’s reception on Tuesday evening, at which some 1,000 people turned out to show support for the Jewish state. The Labour leader addressed LFI supporters during a vigil for the victims of the terrorist attacks, during which there was a…