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LFI Chair Jon Pearce speech to LFI annual reception at conference

Posted 24 September, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, LFI Focus, Middle East, News, Peace process
I’d like to begin tonight by paying tribute and offering thanks to my three predecessors: Steve McCabe stepped down as chair at the general election after taking the helm in 2020. As a parliamentary candidate, I was lucky enough to travel to Israel on an LFI delegation led by Steve. His knowledge, commitment and leadership…

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LFI Focus: Fourth time lucky? Israel’s March election

Posted 23 April, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, LFI Focus
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.           Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Introduction In May 2019, the Israeli Knesset dissolved itself barely one month after voters had been to the polls. That political stalemate marked the first time in the state’s seven-decade history that an election has not resulted in the formation of a government. Few then, however, could have…

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LFI Focus: ‘Deal of the century’ or joke of the century?

Posted 5 February, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, LFI Focus, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Focus provides a periodic analysis on Israel-Palestine, providing an in-depth view of the issues that affect the region. Image: Shealah Craighead Official White House Photo, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons This edition focuses on the release of the US Middle East plan. You can read it here. To view other editions of LFI Focus, please click here.

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LFI Focus: To Bibi, or not to Bibi

Posted 1 October, 2019 in Analysis, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, LFI Focus
LFI Focus provides a periodic analysis on Israel-Palestine, providing an in-depth view of the issues that affect the region. Image: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons This edition focuses on the fall-out from Israel's election in September 2019. You can read it here. To view other editions of LFI Focus, please click here.

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LFI Focus: Israel heads to the polls (again)

Posted 1 June, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, LFI Focus
LFI Focus provides a periodic analysis on Israel-Palestine, providing an in-depth view of the issues that affect the region. Image: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons This edition focuses on the fall-out from Israel's election in September 2019. You can read it here. There is also an accompanying analysis of the competing parties. Click here to…

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