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Mark Sewards meets with Palestinian Peace Activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

Posted 13 February, 2026 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI honorary chair Mark Sewards met with Palestinian-American humanitarian peace activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib in parliament on 21 January. At Portcullis House, the Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley discussed with the peace activist the progress made on the Gaza peace plan, the steps necessary as the second phase is set to…

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UK government to convene conference on International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 8 December, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP In a major step forward for a longstanding LFI policy ask, the UK will host a key peacebuilding conference on 12 March next year to help establish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. The conference at Lancaster House will bring together civil society leaders from across the region and delivers on…

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Foreign Secretary: Palestinian curriculum reform is “crucial”

Posted 18 November, 2025 in Antisemitism, Incitement, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP At today's statement from Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, she set out the government's view that reform to remove antisemtic and inciteful content from the Palestinian Authority's educational curriculum is "a crucial part of the Palestinian Authority reforms" required by the American peace plan. Responding to the Conservative frontbench, she said: "The…

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Samantha Niblett: Hamas “must have nothing to do” with Gaza’s future

Posted 29 October, 2025 in Hamas, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Samantha Niblett MP At today's Urgent Question on the situation in Gaza, South Derbyshire MP Samantha Niblett raised the recent executions by Hamas against Palestinians in Gaza. She asked: "All Members have been appalled by the scenes that emerged from Gaza in the wake of the ceasefire, showing Hamas executing people in the streets as they…

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Foreign Secretary: Hamas must be thoroughly disarmed

Posted 28 October, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP At today's Foreign Office Questions session, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper set out the government's position on the need for Hamas to be thoroughly disarmed in the Gaza Strip and for the bodies of the remaining hostages to be freed. She said: "We will all have seen the incredibly moving scenes of…

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Sowing regional seeds of hope

Posted 10 October, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process, Regional Peacebuilding, Voices for Change
Sowing regional seeds of hope Eli Bar-On, Dr Najah Al Otaibi and Ghanem Nuseiben In May, at the historic Château d’Ermenonville outside Paris, something remarkable happened. Dozens of leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa – Israelis, Palestinians, Moroccans, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Jordanians and many others – gathered not to debate borders or assign…

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Voices for Change

Posted 25 September, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process, Voices for Change
LFI’s new Voices for Change project gives those in Israel striving for democratic values, social justice and peace the opportunity to share their challenges, hopes and achievements. Spanning six key areas - strengthening democracy, shared society, gender and sexual equality, Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding, regional peacebuilding, and social justice - we are giving a voice to activists,…

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LFI statement on the UK government’s recognition of Palestinian statehood

Posted 21 September, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
While we do not doubt the sincerity of the government’s intentions and share its desire to see an end to the tragic conflict in Gaza, we strongly disagree with the decision to recognise a Palestinian state at this point. Recognition of a Palestinian state outside of a meaningful peace process will change nothing on the…

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Labour MP: Recognition of Palestine must not reward Hamas

Posted 2 September, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Luke Myer MP, Rachel Blake MP and Matt Turmaine MP At Foreign Office Questions today, several Labour MPs asked questions of ministers regarding the role of Hamas in a future Palestinian state, the fate of the remaining hostages, and progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza. Luke Myer MP asked: "We all want to see an end…

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LFI statement on the situation in Gaza

Posted 1 September, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI stands with the vast majority of the Israeli people who want to end the war and free the hostages, who Hamas have held in appalling conditions for nearly 700 days. Hamas’ murderous assault on southern Israel on 7 October triggered a conflict which has brought about terrible suffering for innocent Israelis and Palestinians alike.…

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