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Starmer reaffirms support for Israel’s right to self-defence

Posted 23 October, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour leader Keir Starmer At the start of his response to the prime minister's statement on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas today, Labour leader Keir Starmer condemned Hamas's "barbarism" following the horrific terror attacks of 7 October. He said: "The brutal attack in Israel just over two weeks ago was the darkest day in Jewish…

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LFI director Michael Rubin: Labour members should welcome Keir’s clear line on terror and antisemitism

Posted 19 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Keir Starmer addressing LFI's vigil at Labour conference Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7 were brutal and unprecedented. Deliberately targeting civilians, 1,400 people were murdered: young people enjoying a rave, Holocaust survivors and pregnant women among them. At a kibbutz I…

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Lammy warns against disinformation on Israel-Hamas war

Posted 18 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP Shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy today reminded colleagues in the House of Commons of their "duty to act responsibly and judiciously as the facts are determined" and appealed to politicians of all parties to "be wary of disinformation, and to avoid dangerous speculation before the facts…

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Analysis: Israel reels from Hamas attacks as Gaza intervention looms

Posted 17 October, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
The remains of the Sderot city police after Hamas attacks > Yoav Karen, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel is preparing to initiate a “significant ground operation” to strike Hamas in Gaza “from air, sea and land” following last week’s terror attacks. Latest developments Latest figures suggest that at least 1,400 Israelis were killed in the Hamas…

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LFI parliamentarians push government on hostages, Iran and antisemitism

Posted 16 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
House of Commons marks a minute's silence before the Prime Minister's statement on Hamas's attacks against Israel Following the Prime Minister's statement to the House of Commons following Hamas's attack against Israel and the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza, a number of LFI parliamentarians asked a series of questions to the Prime Minister in the…

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Labour “stands with Israel” in Commons statement

Posted 16 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Labour leader Keir Starmer At today's statement from the prime minister on Hamas's attacks on Israel and the ongoing situation in Gaza, Labour leader Keir Starmer made clear that "Labour stands with Israel", summarising the party's wish to "send a strong message that Westminster is united, and Britain is united: with Israel, against terror, for international…

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Labour reaffirms support for Israel in Lords statement

Posted 16 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Labour's header in the House of Lords and LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Smith of Basildon At today's statement on the situation in Israel and Gaza, Labour's leader in the House of Lords and LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Smith of Basildon, reaffirmed Labour's "total condemnation of Hamas’s appalling and ongoing attacks on Israel". Her full comments were as…

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Louise Ellman: It’s hard to believe a month ago I was visiting kibbutz Kfar Aza

Posted 16 October, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Former LFI chair and MP for Liverpool Riverside Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman It’s hard to believe that a little over a month ago I was part of an LFI delegation visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza. The group, led by Sharon…

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Anne Clarke: We must support Israel in this unprecedented moment of terror, pain and suffering

Posted 15 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Anne Clarke has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Anne Clarke The events of last weekend in Israel have sickened the world, with shockwaves reverberating across the UK’s Jewish community. Hamas slaughtered entire families and took hostage elderly…

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Margaret Hodge: Israel’s response to this terror must be resolute. But it must remain consistent with international law

Posted 14 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter Margaret Hodge MP has written the below article for the Guardian. Click here to read the original. LFI parliamentary supporter Margaret Hodge MP Kishinev. Babi Yar. Munich. The sites of Jewish massacres throughout history. Now there is another place that will for ever be associated with the slaughter of innocent Jews: Kfar Aza. Kibbutz Kfar…

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