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Sadiq Khan speaks about partnership with Tel Aviv mayor

Posted 21 April, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Sadiq Khan. LFI screenshot. Labour candidate and incumbent London mayoral Sadiq Khan spoke about his friendship and partnership with Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai this week, at a London mayoral Jewish community hustings organised by the Jewish London Forum, Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies. He talked about how he had worked with Huldai on…

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David Evans holds first meeting with Eran Harmoni, Israeli Labor Secretary General

Posted 19 April, 2021 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
General Secretary of the UK Labour Party, David Evans, has met with his counterpart, Eran Harmoni, Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party. LFI Chair Steve McCabe MP joined the meeting.    It was the first meeting between the two General Secretaries of the sister parties in over four years, and the first…

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In Brief: Post-election coalition building ongoing as fifth election looms

Posted 30 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A week after Israel’s fourth election in two years, negotiations to build a coalition government have begun. Of the 13 parties represented in the new Knesset, all have previously ruled out coalitions with at least one other party. Should all keep their promises, it will be…

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In Brief: Keir Starmer holds call with Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli

Posted 26 March, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons UK Labour leader Keir Starmer held a phone call with Merav Michaeli, leader of Israel’s Labor Party, last weekend. Days before Israelis went to the polls for the fourth time in two years, Starmer wished Michaeli – elected to lead Labour in January 2021 – luck…

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Analysis: Netanyahu faces further post-election deadlock

Posted 26 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Benjamin Netanyahu’s future as prime minister hangs in the balance after Israeli voters delivered another deadlocked election this week. Analysts predict that the country may be returning to the polls – for the fifth time since April 2019 – later this summer. What happened Overall, 57 percent of Israelis voted for…

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LFI vice-chair: Labor’s ‘pink-collar revolution’ offers a vision for feminist politics in the 2020s

Posted 23 March, 2021 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair Rosie Cooper MP has written for LabourList. Click here to read the original. UK Labour can learn from the example of Merav Michaeli, new leader of Israel's Labor Party The challenges facing Israel’s Labor Party will sound all too familiar to all of…

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Analysis: Labour vows to challenge government on PA curriculum

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Analysis, Labour Party, Palestinian Territories
Wayne David. Photo: Richard Townshend, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; The Labour frontbench is to press the government on Britain’s funding of the Palestinian Authority’s school curriculum – a curriculum which glorifies terrorists, incites violence and is riddled with antisemitic and anti-Israeli content. The announcement by shadow Middle East minister Wayne David (pictured) is a…

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LFI Director: How the British left can learn from Biden and Harris

Posted 2 February, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Adam Schulz, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Labour Friends of Israel Director Michael Rubin has written for LabourList, click here to read the original. The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was a tremendous day for the world. Donald Trump was a disaster, not just for America, but globally. His vile, divisive and racist politics…

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In Brief: Labour calls for new approach to Iran and tougher nuclear deal

Posted 19 January, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East
July 2015 Iran nuclear deal: agreement in Vienna. From left to right: Foreign ministers/secretaries of state Wang Yi (China), Laurent Fabius (France), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Federica Mogherini (EU), Mohammad Javad Zarif (Iran), Philip Hammond (UK), John Kerry (USA). (Photo: Dragan Tatic, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons) A new tougher nuclear deal with Iran is needed, the shadow…

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In Brief: Starmer attacks Corbyn response to EHRC report as Nandy opposes BDS

Posted 1 December, 2020 in Analysis, Labour Party
Sir Keir Starmer. Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jeremy Corbyn’s response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s investigation into antisemitism in the Labour party was “just about as bad as you can get,” Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday. Addressing the Jewish Labour Movement conference, which was partnered by LFI, the Labour…

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