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Luke Akehurst champions UK-Israel military cooperation

Posted 18 March, 2025 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
Luke Akehurst MP At today's Westminster Hall Debate on military co-operation with Israel, North Durham MP Luke Akehurst spoke about the many benefits of the UK's military cooperation with Israel. In his speech, he said: "Recent months have seen dramatic shifts in global geopolitics, and I pay tribute to the Prime Minister for the leadership he…

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LFI statement on situation in Gaza

Posted 18 March, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
It is tragic and heartbreaking to see the resumption of hostilities in Gaza. Our thoughts are with both the Israeli hostages imprisoned by Hamas and their families, and with innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Over the past two weeks, Hamas has rejected two concrete hostage deal proposals which would have further extended the ceasefire. It…

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Steve Yemm pushes for progress on International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 17 March, 2025 in Coexistence, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Steve Yemm MP At today’s Statement from the Foreign Secretary on the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Conference last week, Mansfield MP Steve Yemm pushed for progress from the Foreign Secretary on UK support for an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. He said: "I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement. Last week, I hosted a Westminster Hall…

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Foreign Secretary: “Nothing is off the table” to stop nuclear Iran

Posted 17 March, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy At today's Statement from the Foreign Secretary on the G7 Foreign Ministers' Conference last week, the Foreign Secretary reaffirmed the Government's position on the need to stop the Iranian regime from acquiring a nuclear weapon, as well as on the treatment of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. He said: "I am…

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Foreign Office Minister: Recognition of Palestinian statehood at the right time, not unilaterally

Posted 14 March, 2025 in Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Baroness Chapman of Darlington At today’s second reading of the Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill in the House of Lords, Foreign Office Minister Baroness Chapman set out the Government's opposition to unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state by the UK. She said: "As many noble Lords have pointed out, Palestinian statehood is the right of the Palestinian…

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Lord Katz sets out flaws in unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood

Posted 14 March, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Lord Katz of Hendon At today's second reading of the Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill in the House of Lords, Labour peer Lord Katz of Hendon set out why unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood by the UK, as required by the legislation, would not achieve Palestinian statehood or a two-state solution. He said: "As a proud progressive…

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VAWG Minister condemns Hamas sexual violence denialism

Posted 14 March, 2025 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Labour Party, News
Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones Alex Davies-Jones MP, the Minister for Victims and Violence against Women and Girls, has today condemned the sexual violence against Israelis on October 7 committed by Hamas terrorists and called out women’s groups for failing to condemn it in the aftermath. She made the comments during a Jewish Women’s Aid event marking…

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Labour MPs make case for International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace at Westminster Hall Debate

Posted 11 March, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steve Yemm MP, Luke Akehurst MP, Preet Gill MP, Dan Tomlinson MP, Kevin Bonavia MP, Sharon Hodgson MP, Jon Pearce MP, Peter Prinsley MP Today, a number of Labour MPs attended a Westminster Hall Debate on the potential merits of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace secured by Mansfield MP Steve Yemm. In his opening remarks,…

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LFI director: In this dangerous new world, Britain’s crackdown on Iranian terror is critical

Posted 6 March, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. However much the Trump administration shakes the global kaleidoscope, the principal threat facing this country and our allies in Europe and the Middle East remains the same: the Moscow-Tehran axis which promotes violence and terror in order to…

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