Labour leader Keir Starmer speaking at Chatham House
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…
IDF soldiers stationed in Southern Israel trained along the Gaza border to ensure an ongoing level of preparedness.> Yoav Karen, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Wikimedia Commons.
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Nearly three weeks after a savage Hamas terror attack left at least 1,400 people murdered, more than 5,000 wounded, and at least 220 abducted, Israel’s war against…
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original.
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Some calls for a ceasefire in Gaza are understandable and I share the sentiment that lies behind them.
Witnessing the dire humanitarian situation on our TV screens is heartbreaking. That’s why Labour Friends of Israel has…
LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for TheHouse. Click here to read the original.
LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP
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 Hamas terrorists…
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is urgent and desperate. The deaths and suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians, especially children, is tragic and heartbreaking.
The humanitarian situation is rooted in 16 years of rule by Hamas – an antisemitic terror group which has repeatedly and consistently prioritised its genocidal war against Israel and the Jewish people over…
Labour deputy leader and shadow levelling up secretary Angela Rayner
Speaking for the Labour frontbench in today's report stage debate of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies Bill, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow secretary of state for levelling up, Angela Rayner, reiterated that “Labour is opposed to a policy of adopting boycott, divestment and sanctions against…
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay
LFI's chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay, said with regard to the BBC's reporting of the the conflict between Israel and Hamas: "Saying that Hamas is designated a terrorist organisation was a weasel-worded way of getting out of the fact that they were not going to call it terrorist…
Labour's shadow Lords FCDO spokesperson, Lord Collins of Highbury
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…
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP
Labour's shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP used one of his questions to ask: "George Mitchell, the great American peacemaker, said that diplomacy was “700 days of failure and one day of success”. Labour recognises the hard, quiet diplomacy required to secure the release of hostages…
Following the ugly scenes of extremism in London, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
In 2021, the government was warned about the "gaping chasm in the law that allows hateful extremists to operate with impunity".
You can read the full letter below:
