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Christian Wakeford pushes government on Iranian front organisations and IRGC

Posted 20 March, 2023 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
  LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford MP LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford has today used Home Office Questions to highlight the Iranian regime's use of front organisations in the UK, and once again to urge the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Tehran's ideological terror army - a longstanding LFI campaign goal. He asked: Reports in…

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Labour Friends of Israel: NPF Consultation Submission 

Posted 16 March, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The below is Labour Friends of Israel's 2023 National Policy Forum submission, to the 'Britain in the world' commission. Labour Friends of Israel: NPF Consultation Submission  About LFI Established in 1957, Labour Friends of Israel campaigns for a negotiated two-state solution for two peoples; with Israel safe, secure and recognised within its borders; living alongside a…

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LFI parliamentarians push the government to keep its Middle East promises

Posted 14 March, 2023 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Today's FCDO orals session saw LFI parliamentarians push the government on a number of policy issues. LFI parliamentary supporter and former LFI chair Andrew Gwynne MP asked the foreign secretary about UK support for the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, noting that it is now five years since the UK government expressed its support for the…

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LFI director: We stand with Israel – and the millions of Israelis defending democracy

Posted 8 March, 2023 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Thousands of Israelis protesting against the goverment's judicial overhaul bills in Tel Aviv on March 04, 2023 (Photo by Gili Yaari /Flash90) For friends of Israel, the last two months have been depressing and disturbing. Benjamin Netanyahu’s self-serving efforts to emasculate…

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Labour reiterates support for coexistence fund in Lords debate

Posted 7 March, 2023 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Collins The Labour frontbench has today reiterated the party's support for UK involvement in the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, a longstanding LFI campaign goal. Responding to a debate in the House of Lords on Israeli-Palestinian peace, Labour's Lords FCDO spokesperson Lord Collins highlighted the importance of "economic development and supporting people-to-people coexistence…

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LFI peers take part in Israeli-Palestinian peace debate

Posted 7 March, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
A number of LFI peers have this evening taken part in a debate on 'calming the violence and build a lasting peace between the government of Israel and the Palestinian people' in the House of Lords. LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay reminded colleagues of how Iran's support for terrorism in the region…

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LFI chair: Offering Iran a voice at UN Human Rights Council is grotesque

Posted 6 March, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons In the past week, Iran’s foreign minister was invited to address the annual opening session of the UN Human Rights Council. Steve McCabe MP, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, pledges…

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Christian Wakeford welcomes Israeli student group to Parliament

Posted 2 March, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter and MP for Bury South Christian Wakeford has today welcomed a group of Israeli students to Parliament. The group was a delegation of students from Hebrew University who form part of Israelity, a student organisation sponsored by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA). Israelity provides a forum for the…

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John Cryer pushes government on IRCG proscription

Posted 2 March, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
PLP chair John Cryer MP Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer MP has today used Business Questions to once again urge the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Tehran’s ideological terror army – a longstanding LFI campaign goal. He asked: The Leader of the House will be aware that there is extensive consensus across all…

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LFI vice-chair reflects on first visit to Israel on LFI delegation

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Last week, I travelled to Israel for the first time as part of a delegation organised by Labour Friends of Israel. As we heard repeatedly, our trip comes at a time when the state faces both immense challenges and huge…

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