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Ian Austin: Let’s use the aid budget to promote peace in the Middle East and ensure our money never funds violence

Posted 14 June, 2016 in Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This article was originally posted on LabourList - you can read it here. British aid feeds 25 million under-fives. It supports midwives, nurses and doctors so 4.3 million babies can be born safely. Our aid spending helped tackle Ebola in Africa. It feeds the starving, helps refugees and provides jobs. It builds stronger economies around the world. It…

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Watch Joan Ryan’s Speech on UK Aid to the Palestinian Authority

Posted 13 June, 2016 in Antisemitism, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Today, during a Parliamentary debate regarding the UK's aid spending, Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI, made a speech regarding the UK's aid spending in the Palestinian Authority. Joan repeated her call for an independent inquiry into the matter and pushed for more spending on projects that promote coexistence. Link to the video.

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Ian Austin MP: Calling Israel an “apartheid state” is a barrier to peace

Posted 3 March, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Calling Israel an “apartheid state” is a barrier to peace by Ian Austin MP for LabourList. This article is available here  It’s extraordinary to think it’s been 25 years since millions of us sat transfixed by live footage of Nelson Mandela walking to freedom. As a teenager, I’d marched against apartheid, raised funds for the South African opposition…

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Ian Austin MP writes to Foreign Secretary to ask for further support to MEET, an organisation that brings together Palestinian and Israeli youngsters

Posted 18 January, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Following a recent trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories as part of the Australian Israel UK Leadership Dialogue last month, Ian Austin, Labour MP for Dudley North, wrote to Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to ask him to support Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (MEET), an organisation that helps Palestinians and Israeli youngsters develop leadership…

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OPINION – HILARY BENN: I’ve seen two possible futures for the Israelis and Palestinians

Posted 23 December, 2015 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This article was originally published in the Jewish News: http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-hilary-benn-ive-seen-two-possible-futures-for-the-israelis-and-palestinians/   Last week I visited the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel. It was my third trip to a region I first visited more than a decade ago. The aim was simply to hear, to see and to learn more from people and politicians on both sides. I returned full…

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LFI Annual Lunch 2015 – Speech by Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI

Posted 17 November, 2015 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 17th November 2015 Chief Rabbi, Deputy Ambassador, friends. I want to begin today by thanking you all for being here. The responsibility of supporters of Israel in the Labour Party has become even more important since we last met in June 2014. LFI’s work is more…

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LFI Annual Lunch 2015 – Keynote speech by Guest of Honour, Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary

Posted 17 November, 2015 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Check against delivery Annual Lunch 17th November 2015 Keynote speech by Guest of Honour Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Sir David, Chief Rabbi, parliamentary colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Shalom. Can I first of all apologise profusely for being late. I do hope you will understand that I have come…

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Boycotts are misguided – by Michael Dugher MP, Vice Chair of LFI

Posted 29 October, 2015 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This article was originally published in the JC: http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/148357/boycotts-are-misguided-0 Last week, I joined over 150 British artists and authors, including JK Rowling, Tom Holland and Simon Schama, in backing a new network promoting co-existence and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. This was about saying that rather than boycotts, it is dialogue and interaction that will promote greater understanding…

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LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP – fact-finding trip to Israel – October 2015

Posted 22 October, 2015 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Joan Ryan was in Israel this week, reaffirming Labour's strong ties to its sister party. Meeting Labor chairman Isaac Herzog at the Knesset, she expressed her intention to bring more Labour MPs to Israel over the next year. "In my experience, it is the way to ensure MPs can best attain a balanced…

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