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Ambassador Mark Regev’s Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2017

Posted 30 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** HMA Mark Regev, Israeli Ambassador, speech to Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2017  Chief Rabbi, Lords and Ladies, Members of Parliament, Distinguished guests, It is a real pleasure to be back here at Central Hall for LFI’s Annual Lunch. I would like to begin by thanking your Parliamentary Chair, Joan Ryan, and the entire LFI…

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Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2017

Posted 28 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, speech to Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2017  Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Regev, Parliamentary colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is an honour to be here today. Sir David, thank you for that kind introduction, and on behalf of everyone here, let me add my…

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Joan Ryan MP, LFI chair, speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2017

Posted 28 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, LFI chair, speech to Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2017  Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Regev, friends Thank you to all of you for being here today. In particular, I want to thank Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, our long-standing lunch sponsors. I also want to thank all of my parliamentary colleagues who have…

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Emily Thornberry visits Israel with LFI

Posted 16 November, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry returned to Britain this week after visiting Israel with LFI. During a four-day trip to Israel and the West Bank, she was accompanied by the shadow minister for peace and disarmament Fabian Hamilton. Ms Thornberry met with the new leader of the Israeli Labor party, Avi Gabbay (pictured). The two discussed…

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Stand by your friends, Israeli MK urges at LFI reception

Posted 28 September, 2017 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Labour should stand by its friends on the Israeli left, Labor MK Stav Shaffir told a packed LFI reception on Tuesday night. Ms Shaffir, a rising star in the Israeli Labor party, was in Brighton for the Labour party’s annual conference. “When sister-parties turn their backs at the progressive camp, they don’t help Israel, they don’t help…

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LFI parliamentary supporters make the case for Israel

Posted 6 July, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
In a House of Commons debate yesterday on Israel-Palestinian peace talks, LFI parliamentary supporters challenged the government on its cuts to co-existence funding, pushed our campaign for an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and highlighted the barriers to peace, including PA incitement and terrorism. LFI chair Joan Ryan urged the government to “reverse their elimination of UK support for co-existence projects…

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These are the changes Jeremy Corbyn needs to make if he wants to be Prime Minister

Posted 14 June, 2017 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle. Please click here to view it.  Labour’s performance in the general election was better than many had expected. That clearly presents a huge challenge to Theresa May, but that should not detract from the problems which Labour still has to confront. The party secured some stunning victories on Thursday and the parliamentary party has been buttressed by some…

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LFI Officers call on Jeremy Corbyn to publicly call for Ken Livingstone’s expulsion

Posted 5 April, 2017 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
LFI's parliamentary officers have called on Jeremy Corbyn to publicly call for Ken Livingstone's expulsion. The full letter is below: Dear Jeremy, We are utterly appalled by the decision not to expel Ken Livingstone from the Labour party last night. Mr Livingstone has repeatedly made comments on Nazism that have caused huge offence to the Jewish community,…

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Iain McNicol visits Israel with LFI

Posted 4 April, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour party, travelled to Israel this week with Labour Friends of Israel. The three-day trip included laying a wreath at Yad Vashem; meeting with Israeli Labor MKs Hilik Bar and Michal Biran and the party’s new general secretary, Eran Hermoni; visiting a Jerusalem coexistence project; and a tour of…

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