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LFI leads calls for Corbyn to apologise over Munich terror ceremony

Posted 15 August, 2018 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Joan Ryan wrote this week to Jeremy Corbyn asking him to explain his apparent decision to honour the terrorists behind the Munich massacre during a 2014 visit to Tunisia. Ms Ryan also called upon the Labour leader to apologise to the bereaved families of the 11 Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered by the Palestinian terrorist…

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Analysis: Israel leads extraordinary White Helmets rescue

Posted 26 July, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Qasioun News Agency, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last weekend, in an extraordinary humanitarian operation, Israel helped evacuate 800 members of the White Helmets and their families. Israel, working with North American and European countries, including the UK, transported the humanitarian workers from South West Syria into Jordan. Jordan, which has consistently refused to accept Syrian refugees…

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Analysis: The downgrading of the “ultimate deal”

Posted 12 July, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Donald Trump’s hope of pulling off the “ultimate deal” – an end to the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians – appears to be more distant than ever, with US media reporting a significant downgrading of the US effort. This week the Washington Post suggested that, with the American Middle East peace plan stalled, the Trump administration was…

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Analysis: Prince William set to undertake first Royal visit to Israel

Posted 20 June, 2018 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Photo: Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons When Prince William arrives in Israel next week, it will be the first official royal visit to the country in the Jewish state’s 70-year history. The visit will underline the growing bond between Britain and Israel, and help put to bed historical strains in relations between the two countries. It is…

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Analysis: Will Hezbollah flags fly in London this weekend?

Posted 6 June, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Middle East
This weekend’s Al-Quds Day parade may once again see the flags of Hezbollah, an antisemitic terror group, flying in the streets of central London. Initiated by Ayatollah Khomeni in 1979, Al Quds Day is now marked internationally, normally at the end of Ramadan. Its intent – to destroy the state of Israel – has been clear…

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Labour MPs visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories on LFI delegation

Posted 31 May, 2018 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Seven Labour parliamentarians toured Israel and the Palestinian territories this week on a delegation run by Labour Friends of Israel. LFI parliamentary chair Joan Ryan led the delegation, and she was joined by MPs Louise Ellman, Andrew Gwynne, Stephen Morgan, Sharon Hodgson, and Jonathan Reynolds, as well as Lord Roy Kennedy. The delegation first visited Jerusalem, including a tour of the…

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Metropolitan police confirm to LFI vice-chair Hezbollah flags can be flown on Al-Quds day due to government policy

Posted 30 May, 2018 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Middle East, News
In a letter to Louise Ellman MP, vice-chair of LFI, Commander Jane Connors of the Metropolitan police confirmed that the Hezbollah flag can be flown at this year's Al-Quds day protest in London as the terror group’s "political wing" is not proscribed by parliament. The letter makes clear that it is government policy – and not…

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