Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

LFI leads calls for Corbyn to apologise over Munich terror ceremony

Posted 15 August, 2018 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Joan Ryan wrote this week to Jeremy Corbyn asking him to explain his apparent decision to honour the terrorists behind the Munich massacre during a 2014 visit to Tunisia. Ms Ryan also called upon the Labour leader to apologise to the bereaved families of the 11 Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered by the Palestinian terrorist…

more

0Comments 0Likes 53Views

LFI pressures government to act over incitement in Palestinian education

Posted 4 July, 2018 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Labour Friends of Israel is stepping up its campaign to pressure the government to act over incitement in the Palestinian education system. LFI chair Joan Ryan secured a parliamentary debate on the matter, held this week in Westminster Hall. Opening her speech, Ms Ryan said: “Given Britain’s long-standing advocacy of a two-state solution, I also believe it…

more

0Comments 0Likes 52Views

LFI secures government PA curriculum review

Posted 2 July, 2018 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Following a sustained campaign from LFI, Foreign Office Minister, Alistair Burt, announced that the government will be conducting a review into the PA's new curriculum. The announcement came in a letter from Alistair to LFI chair Joan Ryan and LFI parliamentary supporter Ian Austin. Commenting on the announcement of a review, Jennifer Gerber, Director of Labour…

more

0Comments 0Likes 53Views

Labour MPs visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories on LFI delegation

Posted 31 May, 2018 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Seven Labour parliamentarians toured Israel and the Palestinian territories this week on a delegation run by Labour Friends of Israel. LFI parliamentary chair Joan Ryan led the delegation, and she was joined by MPs Louise Ellman, Andrew Gwynne, Stephen Morgan, Sharon Hodgson, and Jonathan Reynolds, as well as Lord Roy Kennedy. The delegation first visited Jerusalem, including a tour of the…

more

0Comments 0Likes 51Views