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LFI delegation visits Israel and Palestine as conflict reaches 600 days

Posted 30 May, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Delegates attend hostages rally in Tel Aviv An LFI delegation of Labour parliamentarians visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories as the region marked 600 days since the 7 October attacks which sparked the ongoing conflict in Gaza.  The delegation, led by LFI chair Jon Pearce MP, included Labour Members of Parliament Cat Eccles, Kevin McKenna, Peter Prinsley and Mark Sewards,…

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LFI director: It’s Time for Netanyahu To Go

Posted 20 May, 2025 in Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Progressive Britain. Click here to read the original. The Netanyahu government has been a disaster – for Israel and its security, for the Palestinians, and for the prospects of a wider regional peace. It is time for it to go and for Israel to have the new…

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Middle East Minister: No unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP At today’s statement from on the visit of Palestinian Authority prime minister Mustafa, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer clearly set out the government's position regarding the circumstances in which the UK would recognise Palestinian statehood. He said: "Some 147 states have recognised a Palestinian state, yet no Palestinian state is…

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Middle East Minister: “No role for Hamas in the future of Gaza”

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP At today's statement from on the visit of Palestinian Authority prime minister Mustafa, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer discussed a number of points of UK policy towards the Middle East. He began: "During the visit, we reaffirmed our unwavering commitment to advancing a two-state solution as the only pathway to…

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Labour MPs criticise alleged terror comments by Kneecap in Commons debate

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Luke Akehurst MP, David Taylor MP and David Pinto-Duschinsky MP At today's Urgent Question in the House of Commons on alleged incitement by the Irish republican band Kneecap, several Labour MPs raised the band's past statements of alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah in their questions to the Security Minister. North Durham MP Luke Akehurst began…

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LFI launches ‘Iran’s Terror Army Abroad: The IRGC Threat to Britain’

Posted 28 April, 2025 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI today publishes a new policy paper titled “Iran’s Terror Army Abroad: The IRGC Threat to Britain” which details the growing danger posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to UK national security and calls for its immediate designation as a terrorist organisation.  The paper, authored by Jemima Shelley, senior research analyst at United Against…

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LFI chair: Why the Abraham Accords still matter

Posted 2 April, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. As chair of Labour Friends of Israel, last week I became the first British MP to travel between Israel and the UAE – an unimaginable reality before the historic Abraham Accords in 2020.  My flight – one of…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce makes history as first MP to fly from Israel to the UAE 

Posted 28 March, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce meets Israeli president Herzog LFI chair Jon Pearce became the first British MP to travel directly between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on a visit to the region this week.  While in Israel, the Labour MP for High Peak met with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, opposition leader Yair Lapid, and the leader of the Democrats, Yair…

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Defence Minister: UK and Israel “share an important, longstanding and broad strategic partnership”

Posted 18 March, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard MP Responding to today's Westminster Hall Debate on UK military cooperation with Israel, Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard MP spoke about the benefits of the UK-Israel defence relationship. He said: "The UK shares an important, long-standing and broad strategic partnership with the state of Israel. Our defence partnership with Israel aims…

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LFI statement on situation in Gaza

Posted 18 March, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
It is tragic and heartbreaking to see the resumption of hostilities in Gaza. Our thoughts are with both the Israeli hostages imprisoned by Hamas and their families, and with innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Over the past two weeks, Hamas has rejected two concrete hostage deal proposals which would have further extended the ceasefire. It…

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