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Shadow ministers call for the UK to follow Israel’s example to encourage hi-tech innovation and argue for closer UK-Israel business relations

Posted 4 June, 2013 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Shadow ministers, Labour Friends of Israel and Labour’s NG Network held the first ever Google Hangout live link between tech experts in the UK and Israel on Tuesday (4 June). Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne, former innovation minister David Lammy and senior businessman Sir Trevor Chinn…

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Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis leads LFI delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories

Posted 27 May, 2013 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Delegates at Sderot police station, where rockets fired at Sderot from Gaza are stored Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis MP led, last week, a delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Ivan Lewis was joined by Derek Twigg MP and LFI Vice Chair and International Development Committee member Michael McCann MP on the visit. The…

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Labour Party Leader and Shadow Foreign Secretary say they are proud friends of Israel

Posted 11 April, 2013 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband has said that he is proud to be a friend and supporter of Israel, and has called for zero tolerance for those who question Israel's right to exist or who advocate boycotts of Israel; a month earlier Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander spoke of his admiration for Israel and the…

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Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy addresses packed LFI panel debate on how to best promote a two state solution

Posted 17 January, 2013 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Over 100 people gathered in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening to participate in the joint Labour Friends of Israel and We Believe in Israel debate on: How can we best promote renewed negotiations and a two state solution? The panellists, led by Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy, called for renewed negotiations; passionately argued that…

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Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission

Posted 11 October, 2012 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission Shadow Secretaries of State for Work & Pensions and Business & Innovation, Liam Byrne and Chuka Umunna, led this week a Labour delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories, to learn from Israel’s hi-tech success, and to call for deeper economic relations…

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Labour Party Leader and Shadow Foreign Secretary address over 500 guests at the LFI Annual Reception at Labour Party Conference

Posted 3 October, 2012 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Addressing a packed room of over 500 guests at the LFI Annual Reception on 2 October, Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband told the Labour Party Conference of his admiration for Israel and Britain’s Jewish community. Continuing his theme from his keynote conference speech, he spoke about his faith, of wanting to make a positive difference…

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Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Ed Balls announces the LFI UK-Israel Economic Dialogue at the LFI Annual Lunch 2012

Posted 4 July, 2012 in Israel, Labour Party, News
The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, addressed the LFI Annual Lunch on Tuesday (3 July) and called for stronger bilateral relations and deeper economic ties between Britain and Israel. The Shadow Chancellor announced that he will be “launching and leading a LFI UK-Israel Economic Dialogue… to dig deeper into the…

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Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander visits Israel and the Palestinian territories with Labour Friends of Israel and says that a negotiated outcome to the conflict is urgent

Posted 15 December, 2011 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum Shadow Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP and Shadow Middle East Minister Ian Lucas MP visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with Labour Friends of Israel last week. During the two-day visit, the shadow foreign team visited communities in southern Israel…

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Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband tells the LFI Annual Lunch “I’m grateful to Israel, I respect Israel, I admire Israel… I will ensure that the Labour party remains a strong and steadfast friend of Israel in good times as well as bad”

Posted 16 November, 2011 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, in a speech to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch, spoke extremely warmly about Israel and LFI, stating: “I want to say very clearly I’m grateful to Israel, I respect Israel, I admire Israel and that is why I’m proud to be here to be part of Labour Friends…

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