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LFI Vice Chair Michael McCann MP calls on the EU to proscribe Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation

Posted 9 May, 2013 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, News
LFI Vice Chair Michael McCann MP led an important House of Commons debate on 9 May to call for Hezbollah to be designated as a terrorist organisation by the EU, a policy which is supported by both Shadow Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP and Foreign Secretary William Hague. Please read Michael's full speech below,…

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Labour Party Leader and Shadow Foreign Secretary say they are proud friends of Israel

Posted 11 April, 2013 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband has said that he is proud to be a friend and supporter of Israel, and has called for zero tolerance for those who question Israel's right to exist or who advocate boycotts of Israel; a month earlier Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander spoke of his admiration for Israel and the…

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LFI Vice Chair Michael Dugher MP warns of anti-Semitism dressed up as anti-Zionism

Posted 7 February, 2013 in Antisemitism, Israel, News
Michael Dugher MP has written an article for the The Jewish Cronicle about anti-Semitism being dressed up as anti-Zionism.  You can read it here: We still need to speak up on ‘mainstream’ anti-Semitism In 2006, the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism warned that antisemitism was creeping into the mainstream with traditional antisemitic themes – dressed…

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Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy addresses packed LFI panel debate on how to best promote a two state solution

Posted 17 January, 2013 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Over 100 people gathered in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening to participate in the joint Labour Friends of Israel and We Believe in Israel debate on: How can we best promote renewed negotiations and a two state solution? The panellists, led by Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy, called for renewed negotiations; passionately argued that…

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We Must Not Let Frustration Over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Stop Us Making the Case for a Negotiated Two State Solution

Posted 22 November, 2012 in Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
We Must Not Let Frustration Over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Stop Us Making the Case for a Negotiated Two State Solution by John Woodcock MP Jonathan Freedland's thoughtful piece on 23 November succinctly evokes the fatigue that has sapped so much energy from efforts to secure peace in the Middle East.

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Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission

Posted 11 October, 2012 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
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…

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