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LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford: False charges of genocide are no defence for 7th October atrocities

Posted 17 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP Last February, I visited Israel with a group of Labour parliamentary colleagues. Towards the end of our delegation, we travelled to the south of the country, having a relaxed lunch with residents the residents of…

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Analysis: Gaza war enters new phase as Netanyahu rejects permanent reoccupation

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
IDF troops in operation protective edge 2023. (Israel Defense Forces), via WikiMedia The conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terror group will on Sunday reach one hundred days since the 7 October attacks. On the ground: Israel’s leadership has indicated a shift in its military campaign against Hamas, moving from intense battles to more targeted operations. Both…

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LFI Lords chair: A war for the future of the Middle East

Posted 15 January, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair in the House of Lords Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay Hamas’ brutal assault of Saturday 7th October did not just trigger a war between the terror group and Israel. Instead, as a newly published paper from Labour…

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LFI at JLM one-day conference 2024

Posted 14 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI had a major presence at today's Jewish Labour Movement one-day conference in north London, including a stall and several sessions on issues relating to Israel and the wider Middle East. First session at JLM conference. The day began with an event on the future of the Israeli left, chaired by former LFI chair Louise Ellman,…

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Louise Ellman leads LFI solidarity delegation to Israel

Posted 11 January, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI solidarity delegation meeting president Isaac Herzog An LFI delegation of Labour parliamentarians and former parliamentarians has this week visited Israel in solidarity following the 7 October attacks and subsequent conflict with Hamas. The delegation, led by former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman, includes LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP, Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Baroness Ruth…

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Rayner: Labour “completely opposes” BDS against Israel

Posted 10 January, 2024 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner MP At this evening's third reading of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, Labour's deputy leader and shadow levelling up secretary, Angela Rayner MP, set out how the party "completely opposes" the campaign to boycott, disinvest and sanction Israel. Rayner said: "Let me start by making clear that the…

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LFI parliamentarians push government on Gaza’s future

Posted 8 January, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Andrew Gwynne MP At today's Urgent Question on the situation in Gaza, two LFI parliamentarians used their questions to push the government for detail on the future of the Gaza Strip amid Israel's ongoing conflict with Hamas. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP asked: "The Israeli Defence Minister has set out proposals for the post-war…

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LFI chair: The world has failed the Jewish people, again

Posted 12 December, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons LFI (Labour Friends of Israel) was founded a little under 10 years after the establishment of the State of Israel. We’ve supported Israel through the good times – the miracle…

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LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford: “Hamas do not care about peace”

Posted 11 December, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Christian Wakeford MP At Monday’s Westminster Hall Debate, on three e-petitions relating to Israel and Palestine, Labour Opposition Whip, Christian Wakeford, stated that he supports increased humanitarian aid into Gaza, including “fuel, electricity and food” supplies, but currently sees a permanent ceasefire with Hamas as impossible, owing to the last pause that “broke down…

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LFI vice-chair Cat McKinnell raises Israel’s security and two state solution

Posted 11 December, 2023 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP At today's Urgent Question on the Israel-Hamas War in the House of Commons, LFI parliamentary supporter Catherine McKinnell MP asked the Minister what steps the UK is pursuing with international partners to ensure the security of Israel and to allow for the rebuilding and a path toward statehood for Palestine. She asked…

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