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Labour Party Conference 2015: Controversy over Corbyn’s LFI reception speech: fails to mention Israel

Posted 29 September, 2015 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Jeremy Corbyn caused controversy on Tuesday night when he failed to mention the word “Israel” in his address to LFI’s annual party conference reception. At the end of the Labour leader’s eight-minute speech – in which he defended the vote to recognise Palestine last October and called for the lifting of the “siege of Gaza” –…

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‘It’s time for an open and frank dialogue’ by Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI

Posted 17 September, 2015 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Over the coming weeks and months, I intend to begin an open and frank dialogue with Labour’s new leadership. On behalf of LFI’s supporters, I want to do three things. First, we will make clear to Jeremy Corbyn why some are deeply concerned about statements he has made regarding Israel,…

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Why Labour lost the community’s support, and how we’ll try to win it back- by Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI

Posted 13 May, 2015 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Hendon was the number three seat on Labour’s target list going into last week’s general election. But, despite needing a swing of only 0.2 per cent, Andrew Dismore, the unimpeachably pro-Israel former Labour MP who represented the seat prior to 2010, was defeated. A similar sad story was repeated…

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LFI vice chair ,Michael Dugher MP, gives keynote speech at ‘We Believe in Israel’ conference

Posted 22 March, 2015 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Chief Rabbi, my Lords, Ladies and Gentleman. Thank you for inviting me here this morning. It’s great to see so many old friends. To meet new friends. It’s also good to be here with Michael Gove.  We sit on opposite benches of the House of Commons. In the forthcoming general election you will hear about the many things that…

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The British left needs to be a bridge between progressives- by Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI

Posted 19 March, 2015 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Published by Progress on 19 March In its early days, many people on the British left offered the young, embattled state of Israel their staunch support: Harold Wilson, Ian Mikado, Barbara Castle, Richard Crossman and Eric Heffer were all early supporters of Labour Friends of Israel. That support stemmed not simply from…

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Likud’s victory is depressing – but Israel is a liberal and progressive country. By Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI

Posted 18 March, 2015 in Israel, Israeli Politics, News
Published by Labourlist on 18 March Yesterday millions of Israelis voted in the country’s general election. It followed a closely fought campaign, covered by a media which pulls no punches and contested by parties representing leftwing secularists, rightwing Haredim, Islamist Arabs and every point in between. Sadly, that election appears likely to result in another term for…

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