A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel on 3 January, according to Israeli military reports. The IDF said the projective landed inside Gaza itself, causing no injuries or damage. Incoming rocket sirens did not sound in nearby Israeli communities, as defence systems had projected it would Read more…
Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in recent weeks to show their opposition to the formation of Israel’s most right-wing government. What happened The new coalition government, led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is made up of six parties: right-wing Likud, far-right Religious Zionism and Otzma Read more…
Last week, Likud Knesset member Danny Danon told an international Abraham Accords forum that he expects to “see an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia in the coming year.” Diplomats, business leaders and high ranking academics gathered in Rome at the Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit to discuss ways to expand Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. The plight of the people of Gaza is desperate and undeniable. Amid rampant unemployment, creaking infrastructure and overstretched services nearly two in three Gazans live below the poverty line. At Labour Friends of Israel, Read more…
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Gaza Reconstruction Revitalisation and Reality Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish our third policy pamphlet of the year: Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality. This publication explores the causes of the present political and humanitarian crises in Gaza, and what steps might Read more…
The escalating situation in the West Bank is likely to only get worse in the coming year as current tensions should not simply view this as a ‘wave of terror’ according to several Israeli officials. Brig. Gen. Amit Saar said that Iran will be the most challenging issue posing Israel Read more…
An Israeli woman was seriously wounded on Tuesday following a car ramming attack in the West Bank. Surveillance footage of the attack near the West Bank settlement of Migron, north of Jerusalem, showed a black SUV turning to drive into a female soldier. The vehicle rammed into the woman on Read more…
This evening, a number of Labour MPs joined a briefing from Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid at an event organised by the UK-Israel APPG. Eid’s work since the 1990s has focused on human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, including by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. He also spoke Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel welcomed shadow chancellor and LFI vice-chair Rachel Reeves as keynote speaker at its Annual Lunch this week, the largest since Labour was last in government. Following on from last year’s success, at which Labour leader Keir Starmer made clear his rejection of antisemitic anti-Zionism and BDS, the 2022 Read more…
*** Check against delivery *** Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch Tuesday 22 November 2022 Steve McCabe MP, Chair Labour Friends of Israel Introduction Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to Labour Friends of Israel’s Annual Lunch. We wouldn’t be Read more…
** Check against delivery ** נאום לידידי.ות ישראל בלייבור הבריטי Labour Friends of Israel 22 נובמבר 2022 Thank you, Steve, for that kind introduction. I am delighted to be with you this afternoon at LFI’s annual lunch. Can I begin by thanking LFI for your valued work: making the Read more…
Rachel Reeves MP Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 18/11/2022 ** Check against delivery ** Thank you, Steve. Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It’s such a pleasure to be here with you at LFI’s annual lunch. And I’m especially grateful to Merav for making the journey from Israel to be Read more…