Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told Community Security Trust’s (CST) annual business lunch that she will use the “full force of the law” against those “who use conflict in the Middle East as a pretext to attack communities here in Britain” yesterday. Cooper stressed “there is no place for the glorification of terrorism Read more…
The newly elected MP for High Peak, Jon Pearce, is to become the new parliamentary chair of Labour Friends of Israel. Pearce succeeds Steve McCabe, who stood down from parliament at July’s general election. LFI’s new parliamentary chair takes the helm as the group outlines plans to focus its work Read more…
Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Up and down the UK, communities are immeasurably stronger for having a proud Jewish contingent. From politics to sport, from the arts to business, from media to medicine, British Jews have made – and Read more…
This afternoon, LFI hosted a briefing on Iran’s malign activities in the Middle East and increasing support for Putin’s war on Ukraine. Chaired by Matthew Patrick MP, the panel included Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, Jemima Shelley, senior analyst at the Tony Blair Institute, Read more…
This week, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held a joint press conference on a number of international challenges facing the two countries, including the situation in the Middle East. During the conference, Lammy stressed the UK’s commitment to brokering peace in the Middle East. Read more…
Several Labour MPs have raised their constituents’ concerns with the government following this week’s announcement that the government would suspend some arms export licences to Israel. The three MPs representing Barnet in north London – David Pinto-Duschinsky, Sarah Sackman and Dan Tomlinson – have written to foreign secretary David Lammy Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for The Times. Click here to read the original. Since the 7 October Hamas atrocities, Labour has steadfastly repeated its belief in Israel’s right to defend itself. It has been right to do so, but the government’s decision this week to suspend Read more…
At today’s statement from the Foreign Secretary on the UK’s strategy towards the Middle East, a number of Labour MPs urged the government to be tougher in its policy towards the Iranian regime, particularly for its role in fuelling conflict in Gaza. High Peak MP Jon Pearce asked: “We are Read more…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages in Gaza by Hamas as “horrific and senseless”. The IDF said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov, 33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered on Read more…
Foreign Secretary David Lammy visited Israel again this weekend, with his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné, as ceasefire talks brokered by the US, Qatar and Egypt have gotten underway. The foreign secretary said Israeli ministers had told him “they hope we are on the cusp of a deal”. He added that Read more…
This afternoon, Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with the Chief Rabbi. The Chief Rabbi posted on X, stating that the pair discussed the “imminent and vast threats facing Israel across the Middle East, UK Government decisions relating to the conflict, the urgent importance of freeing the hostages, achieving long term Read more…
At Tuesday’s statement in the House of Commons on the situation in the Lebanon, Foreign Secretary David Lammy set out the UK’s response to Hezbollah’s devastating attack on the Golan Heights. Lammy stated that “The Government are unequivocal in condemning this horrific attack and calling on Hezbollah to cease its Read more…