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Government Response to LFI’s call for Suspension of Aid

Posted 14 June, 2016 in Antisemitism, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
This article initially appeared in JewishNews, you can read it here. The government has insisted “safeguards are in place” to ensure UK aid to pay Palestinian civil servants is not misused amid claims that funds could be helping pave the way for salaries to terrorists. Labour Friend of Israel called for the Department for International Development…

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Ian Austin: Let’s use the aid budget to promote peace in the Middle East and ensure our money never funds violence

Posted 14 June, 2016 in Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This article was originally posted on LabourList - you can read it here. British aid feeds 25 million under-fives. It supports midwives, nurses and doctors so 4.3 million babies can be born safely. Our aid spending helped tackle Ebola in Africa. It feeds the starving, helps refugees and provides jobs. It builds stronger economies around the world. It…

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Watch Joan Ryan’s Speech on UK Aid to the Palestinian Authority

Posted 13 June, 2016 in Antisemitism, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Today, during a Parliamentary debate regarding the UK's aid spending, Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, made a speech regarding the UK's aid spending in the Palestinian Authority. Joan repeated her call for an independent inquiry into the matter and pushed for more spending on projects that promote coexistence. Link to the video.

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Government’s review of UK aid to Palestinians “is not going to cut it”

Posted 10 June, 2016 in Antisemitism, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
This news item was first published by the Jewish Chronicle on 10th June and the full story can be found here. The Chair of Labour Friends of Israel has criticised the government’s internal review of British funding in the Palestinian territories. Joan Ryan, Labour MP for Enfield North, said government’s probe into how aid…

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LFI vice chair Michael Dugher: Labour must “expel those who perpetrate anti-Semitism”

Posted 19 May, 2016 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
LFI vice chair Michael Dugher has said  Labour must "root out those people who hold extreme views and expel those who perpetrate anti-Semitism" In a speech to Young UJIA last night, Michael Dugher said: “There is a problem of anti-Semitism in some parts of the Labour Party. "One of the challenges for Labour is that our membership has…

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Joan Ryan calls for Baroness Royall’s report on anti-Semitism to be published in full

Posted 18 May, 2016 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, said: "We are disappointed at the NEC's decision not to publish Jan Royall's report in full, in contradiction of her express wishes. It makes it difficult to judge the report and opens the party to charges of a cover-up. Most importantly, for the victims of anti-Semitism, justice has…

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Joan Ryan MP welcomes Baroness Royall’s appointment as vice chair in the anti-Semitism inquiry

Posted 17 May, 2016 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
This news item was first published by the Jewish Chronicle on 16th May and the full story can be found here: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/158247/head-inquiry-labour-antisemitism-shami-chakrabarti-reveals-she-has-joined-party The news that Baroness Royall was joining the inquiry was welcomed by Joan Ryan MP, chair of Labour Friends of Israel. In a statement, she said: "It is now obvious that the virulently anti-Israel…

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Joan Ryan MP calls for suspension to UK aid to Palestine Authority after claims that funds are used for terrorists’ salaries

Posted 3 May, 2016 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
This article was published by Jewish News on 3 May 2016 and is available here: http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/lfi-chair-calls-for-end-to-uk-aid-to-palestinian-civil-servants-amid-terror-funding-claims/ MP calls for end to UK aid to Palestinian civil servants amid terror funding claims Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan has called for the suspension of UK government aid to Palestinian civil servants amid claims that funds are being used…

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