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Shadow Minister: Labour “seriously concerned” by Iranian threat to Israel

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At a Backbench Business Debate co-sponsored by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP yesterday, shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP laid out Labour's "serious concern" about "the threats that Iran has made against Israel". He also made clear Labour's view that "there is an imperative" to move the issues of Tehran's ballistic missile programme, its support…

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LFI chair speaks in backbench business debate on Iran and the JCPOA

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP spoke in today's Backbench Business Debate on Iran and the JCPOA, which he co-sponsored alongside Robert Jenrick MP. He called for a "clear-sighted and comprehensive strategy" to tackle the Iranian regime's many malign activities. Discussing Tehran's ballistic missile programme, he  also reminded colleagues that "the destruction of the State of Israel is…

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Next generation of Labour activists join LFI delegation

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
A delegation of Young Labour activists is this week visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories on a joint delegation organised by LFI and We Believe in Israel. What’s happening The trip is LFI’s first activist delegation to the region in more than a decade. The itinerary has given delegates a varied introduction to Israel as a…

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LFI co-hosts parliamentary briefing with Israeli Agriculture Minister Oded Farer

Posted 29 June, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
This afternoon, LFI was pleased to host Israeli Agriculture Minister Oded Farer as part of a cross-party UK-Israel APPG briefing event for parliamentarians. In the discussion, MPs and peers heard about how the start-up nation is revolutionising agriculture, including the role of AI and how Israeli agritech can help fight climate change.

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Labour shadow Middle East minister writes to FCDO on coexistence support

Posted 22 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour's shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP has today written to Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling calling on the government to provide "meaningful support to peacebuilding projects that can bring together Israelis and Palestinians". The letter specifically calls on the UK to use the forthcoming G7 summit in Munich…

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Labour parliamentarians sign cross-party letter calling for coexistence funding

Posted 22 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Seven Labour parliamentarians have today signed a cross-party letter to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urging the UK government to give “urgent, meaningful support to peacebuilding projects that can bring together Israelis and Palestinians, most especially the youngest citizens.” The letter continues: “There has been a failure by the international community to properly invest in long-term, stable…

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LFI chair writes to Home Secretary over proposed deportation of Iranian dissident to Rwanda

Posted 14 June, 2022 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has today written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to express his "deep concern" about reports that the Home Office intends to deport to Rwanda a former Iranian police commander who had to flee for refusing orders to shoot…

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LFI chair: Curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions should not deter the UK from taking a tougher stance on Tehran

Posted 30 May, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for Politics Home. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Whatever the eventual outcome of the talks surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, one thing is clear: we must urgently develop a comprehensive approach to tackling the multi-faceted challenges posed by Tehran. As…

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Iran: A Darkening Picture at Home and Abroad

Posted 30 May, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Iran A Darkening Picture at Home and Abroad Britain must urgently develop a comprehensive approach to tackling the multi-faceted threat posed by Iran, argues a new report published by Labour Friends of Israel.     Whatever the outcome of the Vienna talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, major…

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Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting: Israel’s hospital and treatment technology is 10 years ahead of NHS

Posted 19 May, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Wes Streeting and Steve McCabe at the BioMed Israel 2022 conference in Tel Aviv/ LFI Shadow Health Secretary and LFI Parliamentary Supporter Wes Streeting MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. As the person hoping to become Britain’s next Health Secretary, I don’t mind admitting that the scale of the…

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