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Foreign Secretary announces new sanctions against Iran in response to ballistic attack on Israel

Posted 14 October, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iranian military figures and organisations for their continued role in destabilising political relations across the Middle East. In response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1, the government said it was taking action against senior figures in the Islamic…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce MP addresses the House of Commons, 2024

October 7 anniversary debate in Parliament

Posted 8 October, 2024 in Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Yesterday, LFI chair Jon Pearce secured an adjournment debate in Parliament to mark the first anniversary of Hamas' barbaric attacks into Israel on October 7th. A number of Labour MPs attended the emotional debate and reiterated their calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the 101 remaining hostages. Jon started his speech by describing…

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Prime Minister delivers statement on October 7 anniversary

Posted 7 October, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Today, the Prime Minister delivered a statement to the house on the anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks. He opened the statement noting that October 7 "was the bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust". The anniversary marked "a day of sorrow, a day of grief" in which "over a thousand people were…

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Starmer: The UK stands with Israel after Iranian ballistic missile attack

Posted 2 October, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News
On Tuesday night, the eve of the Jewish new year, nearly ten million Israelis ran for bomb shelters as sirens blared across the country following the launch of 181 ballistic missiles towards the country by Iran, marking the largest-ever single ballistic missile attack. This is the second time that Iran has launched direct attacks on…

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LFI statement on the conflict on Israel’s northern border

Posted 26 September, 2024 in Hezbollah, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News
The deaths and displacement of innocent civilians - whether in Israel, Palestine or Lebanon - are heartbreaking, and an agreement is urgently needed to bring about a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. We join the UK government, and Israel’s other allies, in calling for restraint and de-escalation. The decision of Hezbollah, armed and financed by…

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Israeli hostage families meet with Labour parliamentarians

Posted 25 September, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Hostage families meet with Mark Sewards MP (top left); Julie Minns MP and Alan Gemmell MP (top right); Mike Tapp MP (bottom left); and Rachel Blake MP and James Frith MP (bottom right) Visiting hostage family members met with a number of Labour parliamentarians and party figures during their time in Liverpool as guests of LFI…

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LFI Chair Jon Pearce speech to LFI annual reception at conference

Posted 24 September, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, LFI Focus, Middle East, News, Peace process
I’d like to begin tonight by paying tribute and offering thanks to my three predecessors: Steve McCabe stepped down as chair at the general election after taking the helm in 2020. As a parliamentary candidate, I was lucky enough to travel to Israel on an LFI delegation led by Steve. His knowledge, commitment and leadership…

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LFI Annual Reception at Party Conference 2024

Posted 24 September, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process, Uncategorized
Labour Friends of Israel’s annual conference reception was addressed by several senior members of the Cabinet last night, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor. Attendees and speakers also heard from two Israeli hostage family members, Noam Safir and Sharone Lifschitz, whose respective grandfather and father have been held hostage by Hamas for almost a…

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Israeli Labor leader Yair Golan at Labour Party Conference

Posted 23 September, 2024 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
At Labour party conference we were delighted to be joined by Yair Golan, leader of Labour's sister party - newly renamed the Democrats - for two days at conference this year as LFI's guest. During his time in Liverpool, Golan met with senior ministers, Labour parliamentarians and Labour Party officials, including Foreign Secretary David Lammy,…

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LFI hostage families fringe event at Labour Conference

Posted 22 September, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News
On the Sunday at conference, LFI hosted a packed fringe event at Labour conference in which delegates heard testimony from relatives of Israeli hostages who have been held in Gaza by Hamas for almost a year now. In a session chaired by LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP, delegates heard poignant and powerful stories from Ilay and…

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