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Lammy conference speech affirms support for Israel

Posted 9 October, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP At the start of his keynote speech at conference this morning, shadow foreign secretary and longstanding LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy expressed his support for Israel in the face of Hamas's recent attacks and declared that “Labour stands firmly in support of Israel’s right to defend itself, rescue hostages and…

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Lammy and Cooper: Labour condemns this terrorism in the fiercest terms

Posted 9 October, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper have today written for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Shadow Home Secretary and LFI parliamentary support Yvette Cooper Shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP Saturday, October 7th, was a day of horror. Not just for those slaughtered and abducted…

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Labour conference falls silent for Israel terror victims

Posted 9 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News
Moment's silence for Israel at Labour conference Angela Rayner led a moment's silence at Labour party conference in Liverpool today, in memory of those killed in Hamas's terror attacks against Israel. She said that “I know you will all be appalled by the shocking situation and events in Israel where over one thousand people including 10 British…

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David Lammy addresses London vigil for Israel

Posted 9 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News
David Lammy addresses rally in London Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy rushed back to London from Labour party conference in Liverpool on Monday to attend a vigil in central London as thousands of people gathered at Downing Street to show their support for Israel. Lammy, told attendees: "I stand amongst you deeply understanding the trauma amongst this…

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LFI chair: Labour can be ambitious in its Middle East policy

Posted 6 October, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for Progressive Britain Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons If Labour wins the next general election, the political and economic landscape of the Middle East will look rather different than when Tony Blair arrived in Downing Street in 1997. Although…

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Analysis: LFI lays out Middle East policy agenda for next Labour government

Posted 5 October, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Ahead of Labour’s annual conference next week, LFI has released its latest policy pamphlet: Britain and the Middle East: Priorities for the Next Labour Government exclusively in the Guardian today. Priorities for the next Labour government Britain and the Middle East: Priorities for the Next Labour Government offers 26 policy recommendations to a wide range of issues relevant to the…

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Labour Lords champion UK support for Abraham Accords

Posted 14 September, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour's shadow Lords FCDO spokesperson, Lord Collins of Highbury In today's House of Lords debate on UK support for the Abraham Accords, two Labour peers urged the UK government to more proactively support the Accords on the global stage. Lord Mendelsohn declared the Accords "one of the single most transformational moments in the Middle East", and urged…

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Chipping Barnet PPC Dan Tomlinson: How the Labour Party can take inspiration from Israel

Posted 13 September, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Chipping Barnet, Dan Tomlinson, has written the below article about our recent LFI delegation to Israel and Palestine for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Dan Tomlinson with Dame Louise Ellman during LFI visit to Israel Last week, I had pleasure of joining Labour Friends of Israel’s largest ever delegation of…

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Analysis: LFI hosts largest ever parliamentary candidate delegation to Israel

Posted 11 September, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
LFI delegation visits Jerusalem's Old City The largest ever Labour Friends of Israel delegation of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories last week. The five-day delegation provided a wide-ranging introduction to Israel and the wider Middle East, with opportunities to learn about the country’s history, its dynamic and innovative economy, and the importance of UK-Israel…

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