Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission
Shadow Secretaries of State for Work & Pensions and Business & Innovation, Liam Byrne and Chuka Umunna, led this week a Labour delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories, to learn from Israel’s hi-tech success, and to call for deeper economic relations…
Addressing a packed room of over 500 guests at the LFI Annual Reception on 2 October, Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband told the Labour Party Conference of his admiration for Israel and Britain’s Jewish community. Continuing his theme from his keynote conference speech, he spoke about his faith, of wanting to make a positive difference…
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum
Shadow Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP and Shadow Middle East Minister Ian Lucas MP visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with Labour Friends of Israel last week. During the two-day visit, the shadow foreign team visited communities in southern Israel…
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, in a speech to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch, spoke extremely warmly about Israel and LFI, stating: “I want to say very clearly I’m grateful to Israel, I respect Israel, I admire Israel and that is why I’m proud to be here to be part of Labour Friends…
Labour Friends of Israel leads a delegation of Parliamentarians to Israel and the Palestinian territories
Labour Friends of Israel have just returned from a very successful week-long visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with seven Labour Members of Parliament. LFI Chair John Woodcock MP, a Shadow Transport Minister, led the delegation,…
Over 500 people attended the LFI Annual Reception at Labour Party Conference, and over 150 people attended a joint LFI-Progress fringe debate on ‘making the progressive case for Israel’
Over 500 guests attended the LFI Annual Reception, to hear speakers Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander and new…
