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Thank yous
Thank you,
Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends… some of you old friends.
Sir David Garrard for the wonderful introduction.
Isaac Kaye.
Adrian Cohen.
Steve McCabe for your advice and support.
Tom Murray, Thomas Webster, …
David Lammy today used the LFI annual lunch to underline Labour’s commitment to Israel and set out a series of measures the party would take in government to support a renewed drive to kick-start the Middle East peace process.
The …
At today’s Urgent Question on the humanitarian pause in Gaza, a number of LFI parliamentarians pushed the government on a several issues relating to the current humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
LFI chair Steve McCabe …
Responding for the Labour party to today’s House of Commons statement on the situation in Gaza, shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy reiterated Labour’s position of condemnation of Hamas and expressed the party’s desire to see a …
Hostage deal
This afternoon, a number of Labour MPs and peers were briefed by the Israeli deputy ambassador, Oren Marmorstein, and Thomas Hand, whose 9-year-old daughter Emily has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since 7 October.
The briefing, which took …
As it has done for the past three decades, the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to cost too many innocent Israeli and Palestinian lives. It is time to bring it to a close.
Israel is fighting Hamas, not the …
On the ground
Today, the Labour party has tabled an amendment to the King’s speech setting out its position on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The Labour amendment:
At today’s statement in the House of Commons, LFI parliamentary supporter Margaret Hodge MP again raised the need for the 239 Israeli hostages currently being held by Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza.
She asked: “I share what the …
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original.
The fury and rage of the anti-Israel protesters who took to the streets of London again this weekend should not be …
At today’s Commons statement on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, a number of LFI parliamentarians pushed the government on issues relating to the release of the 245 Israeli hostages, as well as for greater details on what work the UK …