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Labour MPs push minister on hostages and West Bank terror

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Matthew Patrick MP, Luke Akehurst MP and Peter Prinsley MP At today’s statement from the Middle East Minister on the visit to London of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mustafa, several Labour MPs raised the fate of the 59 remaining hostages and the current situation in the West Bank. Wirral West MP Matthew Patrick asked: "I welcome…

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Security Minister condemns alleged terror comments by Kneecap

Posted 29 April, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Labour Party, News
Security Minister Dan Jarvis At today’s Urgent Question in the House of Commons on alleged incitement by the Irish republican band Kneecap, Security Minister Dan Jarvis condemned the band’s past statements of alleged support for Iranian terror proxies Hamas and Hezbollah. He said: "The right hon. Member mentioned proscription and Hamas and Hezbollah; he knows well…

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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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Labour MPs urge support for moderates in Israel and Palestine

Posted 2 April, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP and Blair McDougall MP At today's Urgent Question on the Israeli Government’s announcement that they are expanding their military operations in Gaza, Labour MPs Jon Pearce and Blair McDougall asked what steps the government was taking to strengthen moderate voices for peace in Israel and Palestine. LFI chair Jon Pearce asked: "The resumption…

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LFI chair writes to police over alleged sharing of Hamas propaganda by Green councillor

Posted 1 April, 2025 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Labour Party, News
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has today written to Sarah Crew, Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police, regarding a Bristol councillor's sharing of a video from Hamas on social media in October 2023. In February 2025, Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) decision notice 100/24, set out that Abdul Malik - since elected as a…

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Steve Yemm pushes Foreign Secretary on support for International Peace Fund

Posted 1 April, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steve Yemm MP At today's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions session, Mansfield MP Steve Yemm raised the prospect of UK leadership on the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace with the Foreign Secretary. He asked: "The Prime Minister’s commitment to host an international meeting this year in support of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace has never…

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Foreign Secretary: “Legitimate concerns” about Iranian support for West Bank terrorism

Posted 1 April, 2025 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Foreign Secretary David Lammy At today's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions session, Foreign Secretary David Lammy made clear the government's understanding of "legitimate concerns about security on the Israeli side and the way that Iran, sitting behind the scenes, is equipping some terrorist groups with guns and ammunition. We have to do our best to support…

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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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