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Government must publish review into UK funding of Palestinian Authority

Posted 30 March, 2017 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle.  Labour Friends of Israel chair concerned that British money is going to pay salaries of teachers working at schools named after terrorists On 11 March 1978, Dalal Mughrabi led a group of 11 fellow Palestinian and Lebanese militants ashore on a Tel Aviv beach. After murdering a young American…

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LFI chair Joan Ryan MP speech in Westminster Hall Debate on Iran, Wednesday 22 March 2017

Posted 27 March, 2017 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY   Whatever its merits, the nuclear deal concluded two years ago this summer has done nothing to satisfy Iran’s appetite to establish regional hegemony in the Middle East. This is unsurprising: one of the great flaws of European and US efforts was a willingness to overlook Iran’s destabilising influence, its support for terrorism and its…

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LFI chair Joan Ryan MP welcomes US bill in support of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace

Posted 2 March, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Joan Ryan has welcomed the introduction of a new bill in the US Congress which raises the prospect of a significant boost to the international campaign to fund coexistence projects in Israel and Palestine. Congressmen Jeff Fortenberry and Joe Crowley introduced the bill in the US House of Representatives to establish American leadership in creating a grant-making…

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LFI Chair, Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, tables cross-party Bill in support of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 18 January, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
On Wednesday 18th January, Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, tabled a ten-minute rule bill entitled Promotion of Israeli-Palestinian Peace. The bill requires the Secretary of State to promote the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace to support coexistence projects and civil society programmes. The bill is supported across the House,…

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Labour MPs visit Israel and Palestine on LFI delegation

Posted 12 January, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Six Labour MPs visited Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv on an LFI delegation last week. Pat McFadden, Ian Lucas, Lillian Greenwood, Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Ian Austin took part in the five-day trip. The visit included meetings with Israeli lawmakers, a Palestinian minister, NGOs, coexistence projects, security officials and counter-terror specialists. The delegation began with a…

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LFI Open Letter to Priti Patel

Posted 13 December, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Open letter to Priti Patel in support of LFI's 'For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace' Campaign Dear Secretary of State We write to ask you to support the creation of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. As Britain found in Northern Ireland, broad popular support is an essential underpinning for any successful peace process. Over the two decades…

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Jennifer Gerber In Response to Jeremy Corbyn’s attendance at an IHRC event

Posted 9 December, 2016 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, News
Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI, said: "We find it strange that Jeremy Corbyn would think it's appropriate to attend an event organised by a group who say the party he leads is "indebted to Jewish financiers with Zionist leanings". We hope in future Jeremy will think more carefully about the organisations he associates himself with."

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Ambassador Mark Regev Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2016

Posted 30 November, 2016 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Ambassador Mark Regev Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2016 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Chief Rabbi, Deputy Leader Tom Watson, Lords and Ladies, Members of Parliament, Distinguished Guests, Friends of Israel, It is a pleasure being here this afternoon. I wish to start by thanking your Parliamentary Chair Joan Ryan MP, your House of Lords Chair Baroness Ramsay, Jennifer, and the entire LFI team; You can all…

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Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair, Labour Friends of Israel, speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016

Posted 29 November, 2016 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair, Labour Friends of Israel, speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016. CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Regev, friends I want to begin by thanking you all for being here today. In particular, I want to thank Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, our long-standing lunch sponsors. I also want to thank all of…

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Deputy Leader Tom Watson MP’s speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2016

Posted 29 November, 2016 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Tom Watson MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party's speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016. CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Friends, you honour me with the invitation to address you today. I want to join with Joan in thanking Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye for making this wonderful gathering possible. And David, it is your determination and vision that…

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