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LFI parliamentarians push government on hostages and humanitarian pauses

Posted 8 November, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Mike Amesbury MP At today's Commons statement on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, a number of LFI parliamentarians pushed the government on issues relating to the release of the 245 Israeli hostages, as well as for greater details on what work the UK is doing to coordinate humanitarian pauses in the fighting to…

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LFI director: Gaza After Hamas: How to Win the Peace

Posted 3 November, 2023 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Fathom Journal. Click here to read the original. Gaza port > Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons Decent people of all political parties, all faiths, and all nationalities are united in their outrage at the actions of Hamas. We rightly share solidarity with the people…

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Starmer insists humanitarian pauses the way forward in Gaza

Posted 31 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour leader Keir Starmer speaking at Chatham House Labour leader Keir Starmer has today set out Labour's support for humanitarian pauses in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, explaining in a speech at Chatham House that a ceasefire would leave Hamas with the capability to carry out further attacks in Israel, and prevent…

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LFI chair: Backing an Israel-Hamas ceasefire now would be a recipe for endless war

Posted 27 October, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Some calls for a ceasefire in Gaza are understandable and I share the sentiment that lies behind them. Witnessing the dire humanitarian situation on our TV screens is heartbreaking. That’s why Labour Friends of Israel has…

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LFI vice-chair Diana Johnson: There will be no peace while Hamas still has power

Posted 26 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for TheHouse. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP They murdered and kidnapped Holocaust survivors, massacred babies and gunned down young people as they danced at a music festival. It is difficult to comprehend – let alone explain – the savagery which Hamas terrorists…

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LFI backs Biden administration’s calls for Gaza humanitarian aid pauses

Posted 25 October, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is urgent and desperate. The deaths and suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians, especially children, is tragic and heartbreaking. The humanitarian situation is rooted in 16 years of rule by Hamas – an antisemitic terror group which has repeatedly and consistently prioritised its genocidal war against Israel and the Jewish people over…

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Labour Lords push govt on BBC, hostages and IRGC proscription

Posted 24 October, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay LFI's chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay, said with regard to the BBC's reporting of the the conflict between Israel and Hamas: "Saying that Hamas is designated a terrorist organisation was a weasel-worded way of getting out of the fact that they were not going to call it terrorist…

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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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Lammy conference speech affirms support for Israel

Posted 9 October, 2023 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP At the start of his keynote speech at conference this morning, shadow foreign secretary and longstanding LFI parliamentary supporter David Lammy expressed his support for Israel in the face of Hamas's recent attacks and declared that “Labour stands firmly in support of Israel’s right to defend itself, rescue hostages and…

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LFI chair: Labour can be ambitious in its Middle East policy

Posted 6 October, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for Progressive Britain Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons If Labour wins the next general election, the political and economic landscape of the Middle East will look rather different than when Tony Blair arrived in Downing Street in 1997. Although…

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