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Labour Friends of Israel welcomes four new honorary vice-chairs

Posted 2 December, 2025 in Labour Party, News
Baroness Berger, Lord McCabe, Catherine McKinnell MP and Peter Prinsley MP Labour Friends of Israel has today announced four new honorary vice-chairs, following the announcement last week of new honorary chair Mark Sewards MP.  LFI welcomes Baroness Luciana Berger, Lord Steve McCabe, Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell and Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP Peter Prinsley as honorary vice-chairs. …

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Mark Sewards announced as new Labour Friends of Israel honorary chair

Posted 25 November, 2025 in Labour Party, News
Mark Sewards MP Mark Sewards, the MP for Leeds South West and Morley, will be Labour Friends of Israel’s new honorary parliamentary chair. Mark succeeds Jon Pearce MP, who stood down in September following his appointment as the prime minister’s parliamentary private secretary. In his first visit since taking up the post, Mark met this weekend with Leeds University…

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Labour MPs raise concerns around Maccabi Tel Aviv ban decision

Posted 24 November, 2025 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Joani Reid MP and Graham Stringer MP At today's Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the intelligence used by West Midlands police that led to the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending Villa Park on 6 November 2025, Labour MPs raised their concerns over revelations around the decision making process. East Kilbride…

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LGBTQ+ youth are at the heart of democratic renewal in Israel

Posted 18 November, 2025 in Gender & Sexual Equality, News, Voices for Change
LGBTQ+ youth are at the heart of democratic renewal in Israel by Yoni Avitan I often say that the story of IGY is the story of believing that change can – and must – begin from the margins.  When Israel Gay Youth (IGY) was founded more than 20 years ago, it wasn’t designed as an institution or a service provider. It was born as a…

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Foreign Secretary: Palestinian curriculum reform is “crucial”

Posted 18 November, 2025 in Antisemitism, Incitement, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP At today's statement from Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, she set out the government's view that reform to remove antisemtic and inciteful content from the Palestinian Authority's educational curriculum is "a crucial part of the Palestinian Authority reforms" required by the American peace plan. Responding to the Conservative frontbench, she said: "The…

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Water diplomacy in action

Posted 13 November, 2025 in Middle East, News, Regional Peacebuilding, Voices for Change
Water diplomacy in action by Gidon Bromberg In a region shaped by conflict and division, EcoPeace Middle East offers a compelling alternative: cooperation through environmental diplomacy. For over three decades, this Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian organisation has been championing one of the region’s most vital and politically charged issues – water.  Founded in 1994, EcoPeace stands as…

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“We share the land – can we share the future?”

Posted 4 November, 2025 in Coexistence, Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding, News, Peace process, Voices for Change
“We share the land – can we share the future?” by Samer Sinijlawi  With Saudi Arabia fast becoming the gravitational centre of Middle Eastern diplomacy, resolving the Palestinian question has never been more urgent. This is no longer just a moral imperative. It is a strategic necessity for Israel. Peace with the Palestinians unlocks a new regional reality: one where…

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