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Analysis: Hope for hostage deal as world looks to Rafah

Posted 23 February, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
IDF troops inside the Gaza Strip > IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. On the ground Israeli military operations are ongoing in Khan Younis to dismantle Hamas brigades and locate tunnels and weapons, as well as in parts of Gaza City to prevent Hamas returning to areas taken over by the IDF…

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Shadow foreign secretary sets out Labour’s support for sustainable ceasefire

Posted 21 February, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP At tonight's opposition day debate on a ceasefire in Gaza in the House of Commons, shadow foreign secretary and LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy MP set out Labour's view of the terms needed for a sustainable ceasefire. Lammy said: "Labour supports an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, a stop to fighting by both…

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LFI parliamentarians argue for sustainable ceasefire in Commons debate

Posted 21 February, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
At tonight's opposition day debate on a ceasefire in Gaza, LFI parliamentary supporters set out the terms that would be required to ensure that any ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is sustainable and lasting. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP LFI chair Steve McCabe MP said: "I want a ceasefire. We need a ceasefire, and how I wish…

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LFI sets out steps to a sustainable ceasefire

Posted 19 February, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel logo Keir Starmer is right: we urgently need an end to the fighting and a permanent and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza. How do we get there? Hamas must be disarmed and have no role in the future governance of Gaza. All the Israeli hostages must be immediately released and indiscriminate rocket attacks…

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Analysis: Hostage deal in doubt as Hamas insists on control of Gaza

Posted 7 February, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
IDF troops inside the Gaza Strip > IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. On the ground: Latest figures suggest that at least 1,444 Israelis have been killed since 7 October, including in the initial Hamas terror attacks, rocket attacks, and subsequent war in Gaza. Around 132 Israelis are thought to still be being held…

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LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson: Bearing witness to the October 7 pogrom was harrowing

Posted 31 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. LFI parliamentary supporter Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent H arrowing. That is the only word I’ve been able to use about the Labour Friends of Israel solidarity visit to Israel I went on at the beginning of January.…

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Labour parliamentarians attend briefing on Hamas sexual violence

Posted 31 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
UK-Israel APPG briefing on Hamas sexual violence A number of Labour parliamentarians have today attended a briefing, co-organised by LFI with the UK-Israel APPG, to hear from witnesses and survivor accounts of Hamas sexual violence against Israeli women and girls during the 7 October terror attacks. The event, co-chaired by LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP, was addressed…

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Shadow Middle East minister urges action against Iranian proxies

Posted 30 January, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David MP At today's FCDO questions session, Labour's shadow Middle East minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David MP pushed the government on what steps it was taking to counteract Iran's support for terrorist proxies across the Middle East, including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. He asked: "Today the Middle East is in…

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Analysis: Domestic pressure on Netanyahu grows as war grinds on

Posted 25 January, 2024 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
IDF troops inside the Gaza Strip > IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. Military situation in Gaza This week saw the heaviest single day losses for the IDF in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the ground operation, with 24 soldiers killed on 22 January. Some 21 were killed after being hit with…

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LFI Statement on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas

Posted 24 January, 2024 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Since Hamas’ brutal and savage attack on Israeli civilians on 7 October, Israel’s has sought to defend its citizens by dismantling the terror group’s military and political infrastructure in Gaza.   It has the right and duty to do so, and, like any democracy engaged in a conflict, a responsibility to abide by international law…

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