Since 7 October, Israel has come under repeated, unprovoked and indiscriminate attack by Iran and its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. We do not believe that restrictions on UK arms sales will help bring the tragic conflict in Gaza to a close or help ensure the release of the Read more…
This evening, LFI hosted a parliamentary briefing from Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari on her research around Hamas’s systematic use of sexual violence on 7 October and the horrors still faced by female hostages being kept in tunnels in Gaza. She also discussed the abandonment of Israeli women by the UN and Read more…
At today’s statement from the Foreign Secretary on the UK’s strategy towards the Middle East, a number of Labour MPs urged the government to be tougher in its policy towards the Iranian regime, particularly for its role in fuelling conflict in Gaza. High Peak MP Jon Pearce asked: “We are Read more…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages in Gaza by Hamas as “horrific and senseless”. The IDF said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov, 33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered on Read more…
This afternoon, Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with the Chief Rabbi. The Chief Rabbi posted on X, stating that the pair discussed the “imminent and vast threats facing Israel across the Middle East, UK Government decisions relating to the conflict, the urgent importance of freeing the hostages, achieving long term Read more…
Both yesterday and today, the UK joined allies in calling for de-escalation in the Middle East and reiterated collective support for Israel’s defence. The statement, issued by the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy “expressed our full support for ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions Read more…
The rising tension in the Middle East has fundamentally one root cause: the Iranian regime’s four-decade-long visceral hatred of Israel and its desire to extend its power and influence throughout the region. Through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran funds, arms, trains and directs “the axis of resistance”, a network Read more…
At Tuesday’s statement in the House of Commons on the situation in the Lebanon, Foreign Secretary David Lammy set out the UK’s response to Hezbollah’s devastating attack on the Golan Heights. Lammy stated that “The Government are unequivocal in condemning this horrific attack and calling on Hezbollah to cease its Read more…
Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has today announced that the government will embark on new trade talks with Israel. Israel ranks among other key markets including the Gulf Cooperation Council, India, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey with which the government will negotiate free trade agreements. The trade talks are Read more…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today pledged to maintain the historic friendship between Israel and the United Kingdom at a meeting with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in Paris. The meeting, at the sidelines of the Olympics in Paris, saw the Prime Minister reiterate his call for “immediate steps” towards an Read more…
The Netanyahu government has been a disaster for Israel and its security. However, the ICC chief prosecutor’s case is morally suspect and legally dubious. It undermines international law both when the chief prosecutor draws an equivalence between the actions of terrorists and those of democratically elected leaders, and when – Read more…
At today’s House of Lords debate on foreign affairs and defence in the King’s Speech, LFI chair in the House of Lords Baroness Ramsay used her contribution to support the government’s commitment to a two-state solution and to call for tougher action against the Iranian regime. She said: “My Lords, Read more…