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In Brief: Lisa Nandy: Labour will always support Israel’s right to self-defence

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Lisa Nandy. Image Credit: UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0. Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy has said that Labour will “always believe that Israel has the right to defend itself” against attacks. Speaking at an event in Manchester, Nandy also voiced her opposition to a complete ban on weapons sales from the UK to Israel. She said both herself…

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LFI event: The Middle East’s changing political landscape

Posted 31 August, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for a discussion event on the Middle East's changing political landscape, organised in collaboration with Chatham House. You can sign up for this fascinating discussion here ahead of the event itself on Tuesday 14th September at 2pm. Over the last decade, Middle Eastern countries have experienced significant changes in their domestic political and…

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LFI director: What a genuinely progressive approach to the Middle East could look like

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. For those of us on the left who support Israel and want to see the forces of peace, progress and moderation advance in the Middle East, the last decade was without doubt a dispiriting one. Benjamin Netanyahu…

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LFI vice chair pushes FCDO to take initiative on peacebuilding

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell MP today pushed Middle East Minister James Cleverly 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. Her question came following a written parliamentary question, in which the FCDO claimed that "US planning for the International…

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LFI chair: Labour needs to rethink its Middle East ideas

Posted 16 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel chair, Steve McCabe MP, has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. The obsession with Israel-Palestine means my party has neglected other vital issues The past decade has seen a series of momentous events sweep the Middle East: the Arab Spring,…

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Analysis: LFI launches The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI this week launches a major new publication on the changing shape of the Middle East. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the growing threat posed by an expansionist Iran, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is designed to contribute to the evolution of Labour’s foreign policy development. What’s in it The LFI publication contains contributions from…

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LFI Lords chair: Labour must study Joe Biden’s new Israel stance carefully

Posted 13 July, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay. Parliamentary portrait, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel Lords chair, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency, and his approach since taking office, demonstrate a progressive, pro-Israel agenda which Labour should study carefully as…

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LFI publishes The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 13 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Click here for a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: The New Middle East Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach, a collection of essays exploring the dramatic changes in the Middle East in the last decade, and asking how Labour foreign policy should respond to these. The New Middle East explores…

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LFI event: The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach pamphlet launch

Posted 6 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for the launch of LFI’s new publication The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach a selection of essays discussing the changing political landscape in the region.     This new essay collection seeks to challenge assumptions about the Middle East and broaden the debate on the left, which is too often disproportionately focussed on Israel. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the…

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LFI director: Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over

Posted 2 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Illustration from a Palestinian school textbook. Image: IMPACT-se. Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over After multiple delays and much foot-dragging, the European Union has finally published the investigation into the Palestinian Authority curriculum it commissioned two…

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