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Keir Starmer addresses packed LFI reception at Labour Conference

Posted 28 September, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour leader Keir Starmer last night addressed a capacity crowd of over 300 at Labour Friends of Israel’s conference reception in Liverpool. Labour members and LFI supporters were addressed by a number of prominent party figures, including leader Keir Starmer, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves. In his speech, Starmer pledged to “continue to…

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Labour MPs welcome Knesset Speaker to Parliament

Posted 21 September, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Reception for Speaker Levy hosted by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle A number of Labour MPs have this week joined colleagues from across Parliament to welcome Knesset speaker Michael Levy to London. On Wednesday, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle hosted a reception for the his Israeli counterpart, which saw the two Speakers speak about the UK and Israel…

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Labour MPs push government to be tougher on Iran

Posted 6 September, 2022 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Today's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions saw a number of Labour parliamentarians push the Government to take a tougher stance on Iran and its proxies in the Middle East. LFI vice-chair John Spellar LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP began the session by urging the government to challenge "Whitehall resistance" and proscribe the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary…

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Labour MPs attend Munich Olympics memorial ceremony

Posted 5 September, 2022 in Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, News
UK Parliamentarians have today taken part in a memorial service to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Massacre, when eight Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 Israelis and one West German police officer at the Olympics. An outdoor service took place at the Palace of Westminster, led by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Also in attendance…

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Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits Israel with LFI

Posted 29 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
David Lammy laying a wreath on behalf of the Labour Party at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy was joined by LFI director Michael Rubin on a visit to Israel last week, as part of a three-day fact-finding mission in which he also visited Jordan and the Palestinian Territories. During the visit, David visited…

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LFI hosts conversation between UK and Israeli Young Labour activists

Posted 20 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
LFI was delighted to today host a conversation between Young Labour activists and their counterparts in our sister Israeli Labor party, Noar Havoda. The activists, aged between 14-20, discussed the many shared issues facing young people in the UK and Israel, including mental health provision and extending LGBT+ rights. The virtual discussion follows on from a delegation…

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In Brief: Starmer commits to “new effort” to tackle antisemitic hate

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Keir Starmer > UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0 Labour leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a future Labour government would work directly with the Community Security Trust (CST) in a concerted effort to “break the levels” of violent threats, antisemitism and hate crime in the UK. Speaking during his visit to Berlin last week, where he met…

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Young Labour activist Kira Lewis: Labour cannot drift back into equivocating on Israel’s existence

Posted 17 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Young Labour activist Kira Lewis has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joining last month’s delegation of Young Labour activists, which allowed me to see all of Israel and travel into the West Bank, has reaffirmed my understanding of the complexity of the tragic conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The…

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In Brief: Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli outlines outlook for election

Posted 5 July, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
Merav Michaeli > Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Israel's transport minister and leader of the Israeli Labor party, Merav Michaeli, said on Monday that she would not rule out sitting in a government with the ultra-Orthodox parties following elections later this year. She also ruled out running with Meretz, Israel's other left-wing party. Michaeli, a…

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