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LFI parliamentary supporter Kim Leadbeater writes to PM on coexistence fund

Posted 17 January, 2023 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Kim Leadbeater has today written to prime minister Rishi Sunak to push him to pledge UK participation in the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, a longstanding LFI campaign goal. The letter referenced Sunak's comments to Conservative Friends of Israel in December 2022, in which he committed to "explore with our U.S. allies joining…

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Labour backs IRGC proscription for “maximum pressure” on Iran

Posted 12 January, 2023 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At a backbench business debate on the treatment of protestors in Iran yesterday, Labour's shadow minister for the Middle East, Bambos Charalambous MP, called for a "coordinated international approach" to deal with the Iranian regime that would require "maximum pressure" to succeed. In his comments, Charalambous said that a "coordinated international approach to sanctions" was needed…

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Labour MPs raise threat from Iran

Posted 12 January, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
A number of LFI MPs and their colleagues have today used a backbench business debate in the House of Commons on the treatment of protestors in Iran to push the government to adopt a more comprehensive strategy towards Iran. In the debate, LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP twice repeated LFI's longstanding policy ask of proscribing the…

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In Brief: UK reportedly preparing to proscribe Revolutionary Guards

Posted 12 January, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The UK government is reportedly preparing to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, following a longstanding campaign by LFI and many Jewish community groups. The IRGC is a hugely influential apparatus of the Iranian state, spearheading operations against opponents of the regime at home and abroad, especially in entrenching Iran’s influence…

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LFI partners with JLM at one day conference

Posted 8 January, 2023 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel was delighted today to partner with the Jewish Labour Movement to organise a series of sessions on Israel and the Middle East as part of their one-day conference. First up was a fascinating discussion between Dame Louise Ellman and Labour's shadow Middle East minister Bambos Charalambous, in which he committed Labour to…

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In Brief: Iran places 6 UK parliamentarians on new sanctions list

Posted 15 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, News
Wayne David MP speaking in Parliament about being sanctioned by Iran Six UK parliamentarians have been informed by the Foreign Office that they have been placed on Iran’s latest sanctions list. The list, published this week, included LFI vice-chair John Spellar and former shadow Middle East minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David. They join LFI chair Steve McCabe,…

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LFI director: Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine and pro-peace solutions to the Gaza humanitarian crisis

Posted 14 December, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. The plight of the people of Gaza is desperate and undeniable. Amid rampant unemployment, creaking infrastructure and overstretched services nearly two in three Gazans live below the poverty line. At Labour Friends of Israel, we’ve long attempted to increase awareness…

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Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality

Posted 14 December, 2022 in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Gaza Reconstruction Revitalisation and Reality Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish our third policy pamphlet of the year: Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality.  This publication explores the causes of the present political and humanitarian crises in Gaza, and what steps might help to resolve them.   With…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary demanding action on Iran

Posted 13 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Steve McCabe, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, has today written to the foreign secretary, urging the UK government to expel Iran’s Chargé d’Affaires in London and downgrade diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, proscribe Tehran’s ideological army, and widen sanctions on the regime’s executioners and propagandists. In his letter to James Cleverly, McCabe…

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Labour MPs demand action against Iran at FCDO Questions

Posted 13 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At today's Foreign Office Questions, a number of Labour MPs demanded more action from the government to punish the Iranian regime for its treatment of protestors in recent months. LFI vice-chair John Spellar once again called for the government to proscribe the IRGC, the Iranian regime's ideological terror army. "What sanctions will he bring forward against Raisi's…

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