This afternoon, a number of Labour MPs and peers were briefed by the Israeli deputy ambassador, Oren Marmorstein, and Thomas Hand, whose 9-year-old daughter Emily has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since 7 October. The briefing, which took place in Parliament and was organised by LFI, included a Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The catastrophic Israel-Hamas war is an irreversible turning point in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The diplomatic priority for the international community in the short term is the massive humanitarian needs of Gazans and Read more…
Today, the Labour party has tabled an amendment to the King’s speech setting out its position on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The Labour amendment: “Unequivocally” condemns the “horrific terror attack and murder of civilians by Hamas” Calls for the “immediate release of all hostages” Reaffirms Read more…
Labour leader Keir Starmer has today set out Labour’s support for humanitarian pauses in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, explaining in a speech at Chatham House that a ceasefire would leave Hamas with the capability to carry out further attacks in Israel, and prevent the return Read more…
LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for TheHouse. Click here to read the original. They murdered and kidnapped Holocaust survivors, massacred babies and gunned down young people as they danced at a music festival. It is difficult to comprehend – let alone explain – the savagery which Read more…
Responding today’s debate in the House of Lords for the opposition, Labour’s Foreign Office spokesperson in the House of Lords, Lord Collins, said: “As Keir Starmer said yesterday, the brutal attack in Israel just over two weeks ago was the darkest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust. The horror Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7 were brutal and unprecedented. Deliberately targeting civilians, 1,400 people were murdered: young people enjoying a rave, Holocaust survivors and pregnant women among them. At a kibbutz I Read more…
At today’s urgent question on the situation in Israel and Gaza, several LFI parliamentarians asked questions of the Foreign Secretary on matters relating to the need for accuracy in reporting on the conflict, the threat posed by Hezbollah from Lebanon, and the deeply concerning rise in antisemitism On the need Read more…
Shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy today reminded colleagues in the House of Commons of their “duty to act responsibly and judiciously as the facts are determined” and appealed to politicians of all parties to “be wary of disinformation, and to avoid dangerous speculation before the facts Read more…
Following the Prime Minister’s statement to the House of Commons following Hamas’s attack against Israel and the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza, a number of LFI parliamentarians asked a series of questions to the Prime Minister in the debate to raise issues relating to the conflict. On the around Read more…
At today’s statement from the prime minister on Hamas’s attacks on Israel and the ongoing situation in Gaza, Labour leader Keir Starmer made clear that “Labour stands with Israel”, summarising the party’s wish to “send a strong message that Westminster is united, and Britain is united: with Israel, against terror, Read more…
At today’s statement on the situation in Israel and Gaza, Labour’s leader in the House of Lords and LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Smith of Basildon, reaffirmed Labour’s “total condemnation of Hamas’s appalling and ongoing attacks on Israel”. Her full comments were as follows: “My Lords, I thank the Lord Privy Read more…