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LFI statement on Palestinian recognition

Posted 29 July, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI shares our government’s desire to end the devastating conflict in Gaza; secure the release of the Israeli hostages and address the catastrophic humanitarian situation by ensuring more desperately needed aid for its people; and help advance the cause of a two-state solution. We strongly support a negotiated two-state solution as the only means to guarantee…

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Labour MPs raise hostages and peacebuilding at Middle East statement

Posted 21 July, 2025 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Matthew Patrick MP and Gregor Poynton MP At today’s statement in the House of Commons on the Middle East, Labour MPs asked the Foreign Secretary about UK policy towards the 50 remaining Israeli hostages and support for civil society peacebuilding. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked: "I recently met the mother of Oz…

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Labour MPs urge government to support moderate and pragmatic voices in Israel and Palestine

Posted 10 June, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Mark Sewards MP, Graeme Downie MP and Dan Tomlinson MP At this evening's statement from the Middle East Minister in the House of Commons, several Labour MPs asked questions regarding government policy towards supporting moderates and pragmatists in the region, and the need to free the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. LFI chair…

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Baroness Berger urges government to support peacebuilders

Posted 9 June, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Baroness Berger At today's statement on the Middle East in the House of Lords, Baroness Berger urged the FCDO Minister, Lord Collins of Highbury, about how the government plans to support moderates and pragmatics in Israel and Palestine in order to further the cause of peace. She asked: "My Lords, I draw attention to my entry…

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LFI chair: Netanyahu is a disaster – pressuring Hamas is the way to get rid of him

Posted 4 June, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for PoliticsHome. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP Keir Starmer is right to describe the humanitarian situation in Gaza as intolerable. Far too many innocent Gazans have died since the conflict began. After 11 weeks without any aid entering the territory following the…

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LFI delegation visits Israel and Palestine as conflict reaches 600 days

Posted 30 May, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Delegates attend hostages rally in Tel Aviv An LFI delegation of Labour parliamentarians visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories as the region marked 600 days since the 7 October attacks which sparked the ongoing conflict in Gaza.  The delegation, led by LFI chair Jon Pearce MP, included Labour Members of Parliament Cat Eccles, Kevin McKenna, Peter Prinsley and Mark Sewards,…

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LFI statement on the humanitarian situation in Gaza

Posted 23 May, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is worsening and must be urgently addressed. As we have consistently argued, Israel must ensure that humanitarian aid can flow freely into Gaza. We abhor Hamas’ theft and profiteering and its cynical use of the people of Gaza as human shields, but restrictions on aid are utterly unacceptable. Hamas must…

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LFI director: It’s Time for Netanyahu To Go

Posted 20 May, 2025 in Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Progressive Britain. Click here to read the original. The Netanyahu government has been a disaster – for Israel and its security, for the Palestinians, and for the prospects of a wider regional peace. It is time for it to go and for Israel to have the new…

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Middle East Minister condemns Houthi airport attack

Posted 6 May, 2025 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP At today's statement on the situation in the Middle East, Minister Hamish Falconer MP reiterated the government's position on the conflict in Gaza and condemned the recent Houthi attack on Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. On the Houthi attack over the weekend, he said: "I absolutely condemn the Houthis’ continued…

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