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LFI chair: World leaders meeting at G7 must back initiatives promoting coexistence

Posted 11 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb MP have written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The chairs of Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel, Steve McCabe and Stephen Crabb, appeal to…

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65 MPs and peers back call for Israel-Palestine peace fund

Posted 1 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Some 65 UK parliamentarians have signed an open letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, calling for the UK to "substantiate its support for peaceful coexistence" between Israelis and Palestinians by taking up one of the international seats on the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. LFI chair Steve McCabe was joined by vice-chair Cat McKinnell MP and…

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LFI chair: An internationally supported, long-term plan is needed to bring peace to Israel-Palestine

Posted 27 May, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for The House. Click here to read the original. The announcement of a ceasefire will bring a much-needed and welcome respite for the peoples of Israel and Palestine following the horrific violence of the…

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LFI and CFI chairs: End the myth there’s no link between extreme anti-Zionism and Jew-hate

Posted 20 May, 2021 in Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb have written the below op-ed for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Steve McCabe and CFI chair Stephen Crabb put aside political difference to condemn rising antisemitism…

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LFI vice-chair: To end the conflict in Israel-Palestine, we must learn the lessons of Northern Ireland and invest in peacebuilding on the ground

Posted 19 May, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Cat McKinnell. Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair Cat McKinnell MP has written for The House. Click here to read the original. By setting up an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, we can help create the conditions for lasting peace in the region. The roots of the tragic and heart-breaking upsurge in…

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Sadiq Khan speaks about partnership with Tel Aviv mayor

Posted 21 April, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Sadiq Khan. LFI screenshot. Labour candidate and incumbent London mayoral Sadiq Khan spoke about his friendship and partnership with Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai this week, at a London mayoral Jewish community hustings organised by the Jewish London Forum, Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies. He talked about how he had worked with Huldai on…

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Rosie Cooper pushes FCDO on International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 20 April, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rosie Cooper LFI vice-chair Rosie Cooper today pushed Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly on potential UK membership of the international board of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. "It is now five months since the US Congress passed a $250 million Act to create the international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace,…

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David Evans holds first meeting with Eran Harmoni, Israeli Labor Secretary General

Posted 19 April, 2021 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
General Secretary of the UK Labour Party, David Evans, has met with his counterpart, Eran Harmoni, Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party. LFI Chair Steve McCabe MP joined the meeting.    It was the first meeting between the two General Secretaries of the sister parties in over four years, and the first…

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