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LFI Delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories – July 2019

Posted 14 August, 2019 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel took a group of centre-left parliamentarians on delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories at the end of July. The group was led by LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman MP, and included LFI honorary president Joan Ryan MP, Rosie Cooper MP, Steve McCabe MP, and Phil Wilson MP. The group began their…

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Analysis: Trump’s economic plan for Palestine falls flat

Posted 25 June, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Image: The White House, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons The first part of Donald Trump’s much-delayed plan to secure “the ultimate deal” – peace between Israel and the Palestinians – was published on Saturday. The document, entitled Peace To Prosperity, outlines a $50bn investment plan ahead of an “economic workshop” in Bahrain this week. The Palestinian Authority, which…

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LFI supports new grassroots initiative

Posted 28 May, 2019 in Coexistence, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel is launching ‘Speakers for a Two-State Solution’, a grassroots initiative for activists to lead discussions in the Labour party and centre-left groups about how to bring a peaceful end to the conflict in the Middle East. LFI is providing training and resources to ensure activists feel confident in making the case that…

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Analysis: After Israel votes, will Trump finally launch his “peace plan”?

Posted 3 April, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shortly before he was inaugurated as president in January 2017, Donald Trump said of Jared Kushner: “If you can’t produce peace in the Middle East, nobody can.” Pulling off the “deal of the century” – peace between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab world – would have been a large task for anybody. But the president’s son-in-law, tasked…

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Analysis: Who’s to blame for latest blow to coexistence funding?

Posted 14 February, 2019 in Analysis, Coexistence, Peace process
Last year, the Trump administration abruptly axed $10m in US support for vital people-to-people work which brings together Israelis and Palestinians to promote the values of coexistence, peace and reconciliation. Now this crucial work has sustained another blow with the cessation of all US aid to the Palestinian Authority. It is the result of a series of complex legal…

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LFI vice-chair introduces bill against terrorist incitement in PA schools

Posted 8 January, 2019 in Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Dame Louise Ellman MP has today presented a ten minute rule bill in parliament designed to stop the Palestinian Authority education system using British taxpayers’ money to fund a school curriculum which incites the murder of Israelis. Supported by a cross-party group of MPs, Dame Louise’s bill will mandate that UK assistance to the…

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Ambassador Regev’s Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2018

Posted 28 November, 2018 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch, 27 November 2018 Remarks by the Ambassador of Israel, HE Mark Regev. Check against delivery. Chief Rabbi, Chair of the Jewish Agency, Isaac Herzog, Deputy Leader, Tom Watson, Chair of LFI, Joan Ryan, Parliamentarians and friends, And a very special thanks to Sir David and Isaac for helping bring us together today. We gather in…

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Joan Ryan speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2018

Posted 27 November, 2018 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2018   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Regev, friends Thank you to all of you for being here today. In particular, I want to thank Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, our long-standing lunch sponsors. I also want to thank all of my parliamentary colleagues who have joined us; Our chair in…

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Middle East peace must go beyond party politics

Posted 20 November, 2018 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Joan Ryan MP has written for Jewish News about LFI's campaign in support of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. You can read the original here. The past year has seen precious little progress for those of us who wish to see peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Last week’s terrible events in Gaza are…

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Analysis: Has the murder of Khashoggi scuppered Trump’s peace plan?

Posted 23 October, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rarely has an American administration invested such hope in – or kow-towed so nakedly to – a Middle Eastern state in the manner which Donald Trump’s has done since taking office last January. The president’s entire strategy for the region appears to have been shaped by a belief that Saudi Arabia could help him achieve multiple…

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