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Joan Ryan MP urges Labour leader to take ‘immediate and urgent’ action to tackle antisemitism in party

Posted 26 April, 2016 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
The Chair of LFI, Joan Ryan MP, has today written to Jeremy Corbyn following comments by Labour MP Naz Shah: Dear Jeremy, I was extremely disturbed to read this morning the reported comments by Naz Shah. They highlight once again a highly offensive and totally unacceptable discourse which is currently apparent in the party.…

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Cameron turns down LFI call for review of PA funding; Joan Ryan MP requests Prime Minister “think again”; denounces UK support for co-existence projects as “pitiable”

Posted 7 April, 2016 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Joan Ryan has urged the Prime Minister to "think again" after he rejected her call for an independent review into how Britain’s aid money is spent in Israel-Palestine. In February, LFI’s Chair wrote to David Cameron raising her concerns about the Palestinian Authority’s role in inciting the current wave of violence in Israel. She asked…

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100 years since the birth of Harold Wilson, former Labour Prime Minister and great friend of Israel

Posted 4 March, 2016 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Harold Wilson was a great friend of Israel and of LFI. Next Friday marks the centenary of the former Labour Prime Minister’s birth. As our former Director, Lady Valerie Cocks, tells this week’s Jewish Chronicle: "He loved Israel and went on being president of LFI until he couldn't any more. He backed us in any way he could. I…

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Ian Austin MP: Calling Israel an “apartheid state” is a barrier to peace

Posted 3 March, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Calling Israel an “apartheid state” is a barrier to peace by Ian Austin MP for LabourList. This article is available here  It’s extraordinary to think it’s been 25 years since millions of us sat transfixed by live footage of Nelson Mandela walking to freedom. As a teenager, I’d marched against apartheid, raised funds for the South African opposition…

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Labour Party’s antisemitism allegations inquiry

Posted 3 March, 2016 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
Labour inquiry attacked over cover-up concerns - by Marcus Dysch for the Jewish Chronicle, March 3, 2016 - This article is available here. Probe by students into hate claims goes unpublished as party calls in senior peer A new investigation ordered by the Labour Party will attempt to resolve claims against left-leaning students at Oxford University. But Jewish groups…

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Joan Ryan MP writes to Labour General Secretary over antisemitism allegations inquiry

Posted 2 March, 2016 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
Today Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, wrote to Labour General Secretary Iain McNicol over concerns about the party's inquiry into antisemitism allegations at Oxford University Labour Club: Dear Iain Further to our conversation on Monday evening, I write to express again my deep concern about the nature of the inquiry that has been set up into the allegation of…

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Lord Livermore, LFI Parliamentary supporter, slams ‘grotesque’ analogy between Israel and apartheid South Africa

Posted 23 February, 2016 in Israel, News
This article was published in the Jewish News Online. Its original version is available here A former Labour Party strategist will condemn “grotesque” analogies between Israel and apartheid South Africa, as activists mark Israel Apartheid Week across the UK. Lord Livermore, a former director of strategy at Downing Street who advised on four General Election campaigns, will also…

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Is UK funding Palestinian incitement? Joan Ryan MP challenges PM David Cameron

Posted 18 February, 2016 in Antisemitism, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Click here for the original letter to Cameron on PA funding. Article by Sandy Rashty for the Jewish Chronicle. Article available here British taxpayers’ money cannot be used to provide a “blank cheque” to the Palestinian Authority, a Labour MP has said. Joan Ryan, Labour Friends of Israel chair, said she was “disturbed” that the PA…

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Decision by university’s Labour society to support Israeli Apartheid Week prompts MPs to call for party to sever ties with club

Posted 17 February, 2016 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Read the original article from the Guardian here. Labour opens inquiry into antisemitism allegations at Oxford student club, by Mark Tran for the Guardian, 17 February 2016 The Labour party’s national student organisation has launched an inquiry into allegations of antisemitic behaviour and intimidation at Oxford University Labour Club. Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, who was…

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