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LFI director: We must listen to – and strengthen – Israel’s voices for change

Posted 25 September, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process, Voices for Change
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. For nearly two years, Israelis and Palestinians alike have endured tragedy, suffering and grief that few of us can imagine. Standing in the scarred ruins of homes in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, visiting the site of the Nova music festival massacre,…

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Voices for Change

Posted 25 September, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process, Voices for Change
LFI’s new Voices for Change project gives those in Israel striving for democratic values, social justice and peace the opportunity to share their challenges, hopes and achievements. Spanning six key areas - strengthening democracy, shared society, gender and sexual equality, Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding, regional peacebuilding, and social justice - we are giving a voice to activists,…

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LFI statement on the UK government’s recognition of Palestinian statehood

Posted 21 September, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
While we do not doubt the sincerity of the government’s intentions and share its desire to see an end to the tragic conflict in Gaza, we strongly disagree with the decision to recognise a Palestinian state at this point. Recognition of a Palestinian state outside of a meaningful peace process will change nothing on the…

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Prime Minister meets Israel’s President Herzog

Posted 10 September, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Keir Starmer Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Downing Street this afternoon. In the meeting, the leaders agreed that the 48 remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas for nearly two years must be released. The Prime Minister also shared his condolences for the horrifying terror…

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LFI statement on the situation in Gaza

Posted 1 September, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI stands with the vast majority of the Israeli people who want to end the war and free the hostages, who Hamas have held in appalling conditions for nearly 700 days. Hamas’ murderous assault on southern Israel on 7 October triggered a conflict which has brought about terrible suffering for innocent Israelis and Palestinians alike.…

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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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