An unconventional joint press conference was held by American President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week. The new American administration, the president said, would be “working toward a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. The United States will encourage a peace and, really, a great peace deal.” But President Trump,…
Donald Trump’s ascendancy to the American Presidency has worried advocates of a two-state solution across the globe. A number of early proposals and statements have aligned the incoming Republican President with both sceptics and opponents of a two-state deal. Heavy criticism followed Trump’s appointment of bankruptcy lawyer David Freidman as US Ambassador to Israel, due…
On Wednesday 18th January, Joan Ryan MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, tabled a ten-minute rule bill entitled Promotion of Israeli-Palestinian Peace. The bill requires the Secretary of State to promote the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace to support coexistence projects and civil society programmes.
The bill is supported across the House,…
Six Labour MPs visited Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv on an LFI delegation last week.
Pat McFadden, Ian Lucas, Lillian Greenwood, Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Ian Austin took part in the five-day trip. The visit included meetings with Israeli lawmakers, a Palestinian minister, NGOs, coexistence projects, security officials and counter-terror specialists.
The delegation began with a…
Open letter to Priti Patel in support of LFI's 'For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace' Campaign
Dear Secretary of State
We write to ask you to support the creation of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
As Britain found in Northern Ireland, broad popular support is an essential underpinning for any successful peace process.
Over the two decades…
Ambassador Mark Regev Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2016
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Chief Rabbi,
Deputy Leader Tom Watson,
Lords and Ladies,
Members of Parliament,
Distinguished Guests,
Friends of Israel,
It is a pleasure being here this afternoon.
I wish to start by thanking your Parliamentary Chair Joan Ryan MP, your House of Lords Chair Baroness Ramsay, Jennifer, and the entire LFI team;
You can all…
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair, Labour Friends of Israel, speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016.
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Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Regev, friends
I want to begin by thanking you all 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…
Tom Watson MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party's speech to the LFI Annual Lunch 2016.
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Friends, you honour me with the invitation to address you today.
I want to join with Joan in thanking Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye for making this wonderful gathering possible.
And David, it is your determination and vision that…
For the first time, an LFI officer has visited Washington DC on a political visit. LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP’s visit aimed to build support for LFI’s ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ campaign. At the heart of this campaign is a pledge to support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, which…
LFI have been visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories this week with a delegation of Labour MPs. Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, led the delegation alongside fellow MPs Rosie Winterton, Gloria De Piero, Michael Dugher and Ruth Smeeth. The delegation included tours of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as well as a memorial…
