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Dover PPC Mike Tapp: Israel needs a revival of the centre-left

Posted 9 August, 2023 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Dover, Mike Tapp, has written the below article about our recent LFI delegation to Israel and Palestine for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Labour Friends of Israel delegation; July 2023 I recently had the privilege of joining a Labour Friends of Israel delegation on a visit to Israel and Palestine. Among…

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LFI director signs open letter opposing judicial reforms

Posted 26 July, 2023 in Israel, Israeli Politics, News
Protests against the Israeli government's judicial reforms, Tel Aviv, February 2023 LFI director Michael Rubin has today joined more than 100 UK Jewish community figures in signing an open letter to the Israeli government pledging their support to pro-democracy protesters opposing ministers’ power grab at the expense of Israel’s judiciary. The letter, addressed to ministers in…

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Luciana Berger joins LFI parliamentary candidates delegation in meeting President Herzog

Posted 18 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI PPC delegation meets President Herzog The first Labour Friends of Israel delegation of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) since 2014 last week met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. What happened The delegation, led by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and joined by Luciana Berger – who rejoined the Labour party in February this year - included…

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Yvette Cooper sets out plans to proscribe Iranian Revolutionary Guards

Posted 17 July, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, News
Shadow Home Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter Yvette Cooper MP Shadow Home Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter Yvette Cooper MP has reiterated Labour's intention to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation should it come to government after the next election. In a speech today at the Royal United Services Institute, Yvette set…

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LFI publishes Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology

Posted 11 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish its latest policy pamphlet, Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The Origins and Character of an Ideology.    This publication explores the nature and origins of anti-Zionism as an ideology and its relationship…

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David Lammy sets out Labour’s concerns on IRGC and Iran’s nuclear programme

Posted 6 July, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Shadow Foreign Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP In his response to this afternoon's statement on Iran, Shadow Foreign Secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP made clear that the government must go further to deal with the threats posed to the UK and Israel by the Iranian regime. Lammy set out the case…

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Labour affirms for support Israel’s self-defence and condemns Tel Aviv terror attack

Posted 5 July, 2023 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Middle East Minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David MP At today's Urgent Question on recent violence in the West Bank, shadow Minister for the Middle East and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David MP used his comments to reaffirm Labour's support for Israel's right to defend itself against terrorism, and condemned today's terror attack in…

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LFI parliamentarians take part in urgent question on West Bank violence

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
A number of LFI parliamentarians have today taken part in an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on recent violence in the West Bank. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe MP said: "I share the distress of others at the loss of civilian life. Islamic Jihad has already claimed…

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LFI chair makes case for “focused” anti-BDS legislation in Commons debate

Posted 3 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This evening, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP set out his opposition to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel while critiquing the government's drafted Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill. Read Steve's full speech below: "I had been looking forward to this legislation. As…

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