David Lammy laying a wreath on behalf of the Labour Party at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy was joined by LFI director Michael Rubin on a visit to Israel last week, as part of a three-day fact-finding mission in which he also visited Jordan and the Palestinian Territories.
During the visit, David visited…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace
Step Twenty Eight: Action by international donors to improve Palestinian governance
A viable, democratic Palestinian state rests on the strength, transparency and accountability of the institutions of Palestinian governance. This is vital for the Palestinian people. And it is vital if Israel is to be…
Joe Biden visited Israel last week, declaring on his arrival: “You need not be a Jew to be a Zionist”. Shortly before departing, he visited Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, where he once again restated his support for a two-state solution.
What happened
Kicking off his visit on Wednesday, Biden received a warm welcome from…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace
Step Twenty Seven: Increase exit permits to allow Gaza residents to study abroad
After Hamas’ 2007 coup in Gaza, and its use of the coastal enclave as a base from which to launch terror attacks into Israel, restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt made the movement…
Young Labour activist Kira Lewis has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original.
Joining last month’s delegation of Young Labour activists, which allowed me to see all of Israel and travel into the West Bank, has reaffirmed my understanding of the complexity of the tragic conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
The…
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Biden administration warned on Monday that the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a "long process" despite being a presidential priority.
Biden is set to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a visit that will include Israel…
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel's defence minister Benny Gantz met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss security coordination ahead of US president Joe Biden's visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week.
Israel's security establishment has expressed concerns about the possibility…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace
Step Twenty Six: End incitement in the Palestinian school curriculum
In 2017, the Palestinian Authority introduced a new school curriculum which teaches the virtues of martyrdom, describes terrorists as “heroes” and repeats antisemitic tropes.
The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se)…
Yair Lapid > Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist liberal Yesh Atid party, became Israel's fourteenth prime minister last week, following the dissolution of the Knesset.
What happened
Lapid became prime minister following the collapse of the coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett, in which Lapid served as foreign…
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP spoke in today's Backbench Business Debate on Iran and the JCPOA, which he co-sponsored alongside Robert Jenrick MP.
He called for a "clear-sighted and comprehensive strategy" to tackle the Iranian regime's many malign activities.
Discussing Tehran's ballistic missile programme, he also reminded colleagues that "the destruction of the State of Israel is…
