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Andrew Gwynne pushes FCDO to take initiative on peacebuilding

LFI parliamentary supporter Andrew Gwynne MP today challenged Africa Minister Vicky Ford at FCDO Questions about why the UK government isn’t showing more initiative to support the creation of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, as envisioned by ALLMEP. His question came following a written parliamentary question, in which the FCDO claimed that “US planning for…

LFI vice chair: Keir’s stance against BDS and antisemitism is true Labour values

Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The recent speech to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch by Keir Starmer offered not simply an intellectually coherent outline of his approach to the Middle East but one firmly rooted in our party’s mainstream democratic…

LFI chair: For Israel, Palestine and peace, we must work towards a two-state solution

Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Earlier this month, we marked the tragic assassination in 1995 of Yitzhak Rabin – an event that robbed Israel of a great soldier and statesman. Rabin’s signing of the Oslo Accords appeared to usher in…

Starmer rejects anti-Zionism and BDS at LFI Annual Lunch

Labour Friends of Israel welcomed Labour leader Keir Starmer as guest of honour to its Annual Lunch this week, which saw capacity crowd in a packed out hall. Success The 2021 Annual Lunch was the first to take place since 2018, after previous lunches had to be cancelled due to the calling of the 2019 general election…

HE Tzipi Hotovely’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

HE Ambassador Hotovely addressing LFI's Annual Lunch 2021 *** Check against delivery *** Chief Rabbi, Leader of the Opposition, Parliamentarians, my fellow guests and speakers. It is a pleasure to be with you at the LFI Annual Lunch this afternoon. I want to thank our lunch sponsors, Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, and all of you who have made this…

Steve McCabe’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

LFI chair Steve McCabe MP addressing the LFI Annual Lunch. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***   Steve McCabe MP   Chair, Labour Friends of Israel   Speech to LFI Annual Lunch   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends.   It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch.    We wouldn’t be here today…

Keir Starmer’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Labour leader Keir Starmer addressing LFI's Annual Lunch 2021 KEIR STARMER SPEECH FOR LFI ANNUAL LUNCH 2021 *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It is a pleasure to be with you today at LFI’s annual lunch – our first opportunity to gather together since 2018. I want to join Steve in thanking today’s co-sponsors, Sir David…

LFI director: Labour must craft a new approach to promoting peace in the Middle East

Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Labour Foreign Policy Group. Click here to read the original. In the months since President Biden’s inauguration, we’ve already begun to see the difference in his administration’s approach to international affairs. “America First” is out, multilateral engagement is in. Biden is clear that there…

Westminster Hall Debate on Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA

LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. In the first week back after the conference recess, parliamentarians debated Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA nuclear deal in a Westminster Hall Debate organised by Stephen Crabb. A refresher The JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was agreed in 2015 after some 20 months of negotiations. Signed in Vienna, the…

LFI director reflects on Labour conference

Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Fathom. Click here to read the original. Six years ago, at his first conference as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn attended the Labour Friends of Israel reception and managed the remarkable feat of addressing attendees without uttering the name of the Jewish state. Corbyn’s behaviour underlined the…