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Labour activists visit Israel and West Bank with LFI and We Believe

Posted 24 May, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Activist delegation > LFI Senior Labour party activists visited Israel and the Palestinian territories last week, many of them for the first time, as part of a delegation led by LFI and We Believe in Israel. The group, including leaders from Labour affiliates, thinktanks and campaign groups, visited Yad Vashem, the Knesset, met with Israeli Labor leader…

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Christian Wakeford pushes government on Iranian disinformation in the UK

Posted 22 May, 2023 in Iran, Labour Party, News
LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford MP At today's Home Office Questions, LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford MP pushed the government for detail on its actions against Iranian interference in UK politics. "It's now more than two years since The Times reported that Iranian cyber specialists were peddling disinformation in an attempt to influence the results of the…

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LFI Lords chair meets coexistence activist Samah Salaime

Posted 22 May, 2023 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Baroness Ramsay meets Samah Salaime Today, LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay met with Samah Salaime, Head of Communications and Development at the Village of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, a community founded to demonstrate cooperation and friendship between Israeli Jews and Arabs. Samah was visiting London in association with Oasis of Peace UK. In their conversation, they discussed the…

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Lord Turnberg meets Israel’s leading disability non-profit

Posted 22 May, 2023 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Lord Turnberg and Bob Blackman MP meeting Beit Issie Shapiro CEO Ahmir Lerner, UK Friends of BIS Chair Laura Weller, Director Nikki Leviner and Board Member Michal Cohen-Sagi LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg has today met with representatives from Beit Issie Shapiro, Israel’s leading non-profit organisation which champions the rights, opportunities and services for people with…

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Lord Turnberg discusses Iran’s terrorist influence in Lords debate

Posted 10 May, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg In today's House of Lords question on Palestinian civilian casualties, LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg reminded colleagues of the malign influence of Iran as a barrier to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly through the funding of terrorist groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah. He asked: "My Lords, it is…

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Keir Starmer welcomes Israeli president Herzog to London

Posted 5 May, 2023 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Labour leader Keir Starmer meets Israeli president Isaac Herzog Labour leader Keir Starmer has today met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog, who have arrived in London to represent Israel at the coronation ceremony for King Charles III. In a meeting this afternoon, the pair discussed a number of issues including Labour’s commitment to strong UK-Israeli relations and…

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LFI parliamentarians attend briefing on Middle East security situation

Posted 3 May, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Briefing on security situation in the Middle East This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentarians joined a Britain-Israel APPG briefing from Tamir Hayman, managing director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), on the security situation in the Middle East, including the threat posed by Iran and the domestic situation in Israel.

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LFI parliamentarians push govt on peacebuilding and IRGC at FCDO Orals

Posted 2 May, 2023 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
At today's Foreign Office Questions session, LFI parliamentarians questioned the government on a number of issues relating to Israel and the Middle East. Shadow Tech Minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP Shadow Tech Minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP asked what work the Foreign Office was doing to encourage the use of innovative…

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Shadow Chancellor will learn from Israel’s “economic miracle”

Posted 27 April, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Labour Party, News
Shadow Chancellor and LFI vice-chair Rachel Reeves MP Shadow Chancellor and LFI vice-chair Rachel Reeves MP yesterday pledged that a Labour government would look to the example of Israel's "economic miracle" as an alternative to the Conservatives' "managed decline". Speaking at the United Jewish Israel Appeal Israel 75 business breakfast event, Reeves said that "Israel's lesson is instructive"…

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Israel celebrates its 75th Birthday!

Posted 27 April, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
May 16, 1948 edition of The Palestine Post > Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday was Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's independence day. This year marks a particular milestone as Israel celebrates its 75th birthday! Formal celebrations A national ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem led celebrations of yesterday's anniversary, as government officials, security leaders and other prominent Israelis gathered for a…

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