LFI have been visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories this week with a delegation of Labour MPs. Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, led the delegation alongside fellow MPs Rosie Winterton, Gloria De Piero, Michael Dugher and Ruth Smeeth. The delegation included tours of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Read more…
This story originally appeared in the Jewish Chronicle. The Labour Friends of Israel group has trebled the number of Parliamentary supporters backing its work, as moderate MPs rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party. More than 65 MPs have pledged to back the group – more than when Labour was Read more…
This article initially appeared on PoliticsHome. The former London mayor this morning reignited the row over his claims the Nazi leader had supported the creation of a Jewish state in 1932 “before he went mad and murdered six million Jews”. Mr Livingstone – a key ally of Mr Corbyn – was suspended after making Read more…
LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP has written to Shadow Cabinet member Richard Burgon MP in response to reported comments in the Daily Mail. You can read the full letter here: Letter from Rt. Hon Joan Ryan MP to Richard Burgon MP
Jennifer Gerber LFI Director said: “Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to nominate Shami Chakrabarti for a peerage clearly undermines the independence of her inquiry and raises further questions about the seriousness of his commitment to ridding the Labour Party of the scourge of anti-Semitism”.
This article originally appeared on JewishNews, you can read it here. The chair of Labour Friends of Israel has told the General Secretary of the Labour Party it is “imperative” that Baroness Royall’s full report on anti-Semitism in the Oxford University Labour Club be published. In a letter to Iain Read more…
Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel said: “We condemn any comparisons between Israel and ISIS. ISIS brutally murders Muslims who do not conform to its twisted ideology, enslaves women and is committing genocide against the Yazidi people. Last month while 200,000 people celebrated Tel Aviv Pride, ISIS Read more…
This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle, you can read it here. There is nothing illegitimate or antisemitic about criticising the actions of the Israeli government. Millions of Israelis – and Jews in Britain – do it every day. However, for at least the past 40 years, a discourse Read more…
This article first appeared on the Jewish Chronicle, you can read it here. The inquiry into antisemitism allegations in the Labour Party must make clear where criticism of Israel turns into Jew-hate, its Friends of Israel group has said. In its submission to the Chakrabarti Inquiry, Labour Friends of Israel Read more…
General Secretary of the Israeli Labor Party and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Hilik Bar, has sent his condolences to the UK Labour Party and to the British people on the brutal murder of Jo Cox MP. Jo’s friends and family have set-up a memorial fund which you can Read more…
LFI vice chair Michael Dugher has said Labour must “root out those people who hold extreme views and expel those who perpetrate anti-Semitism” In a speech to Young UJIA last night, Michael Dugher said: “There is a problem of anti-Semitism in some parts of the Labour Party. “One of the Read more…
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, said: “We are disappointed at the NEC’s decision not to publish Jan Royall’s report in full, in contradiction of her express wishes. It makes it difficult to judge the report and opens the party to charges of a cover-up. Most importantly, for Read more…