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Labour MPs highlight Hamas sexual violence in Backbench Business Debate

Sharon Hodgson MP, Kirsteen Sullivan MP and Emily Darlington MP At today's Backbench Business Debate on the impact of conflict on women and girls, a number of Labour MPs highlighted the sexual violence against Israeli women and girls committed by Hamas and other terror groups during the 7 October Hamas attacks. In her speech, LFI vice-chair…

Middle East Minister: Hamas must have no role in post-war Gaza

Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP At today’s urgent question in the House of Commons on the situation in northern Gaza, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP set out a number of the government's positions on the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including the government's strategy for a post-war Gaza. Foreign Affairs Select Committee chair Emily Thornberry…

LFI chair Jon Pearce: It is time to make Britain a Khamenei-free zone

LFI chair Jon Pearce MP LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Last year, the Iranian regime celebrated the 45th anniversary of the revolution which brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power and ushered in more than four decades of brutal repression at home and the export of…

After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace

LFI today publishes After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace, a policy paper on what needs to be done after the Gaza war to marginalise the enemies of peace.   For Britain, Europe and pragmatic Arab states, the foundational principle – that a negotiated two-state solution offers the only long-term prospect for settling the Israeli…

Middle East Minister: UK will support Palestinian statehood at time “most conducive to peace”

Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP Responding to today's Petitions Committee debate on two e-petitions relating to the ongoing war in Gaza – calling for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and a suspension of all arms sales to Israel – Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP set out the UK's approach to the conflict in…

LFI vice-chair Mike Tapp calls for constructive steps over “symbolic gestures” in Palestinian statehood debate

LFI vice-chair Mike Tapp MP In today's Petitions Committee debate on two e-petitions relating to the ongoing war in Gaza - calling for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and a suspension of all arms sales to Israel - LFI vice-chair Mike Tapp made a speech warning against "symbolic gestures" and encouraging a focus on constructive,…

Pat McFadden: Government “will always support Israel’s right to defend itself”

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden Following developments in Syria over the weekend, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and former LFI vice-chair Pat McFadden MP has reiterated that the government "will always support Israel's right to defend itself and make itself secure". Speaking on Sky News, he continued that the overthrow of Assad…

Prime Minister pays tribute to hostage mother Mandy Damari at Prime Minister’s Questions

Prime Minister Keir Starmer with hostage mother Mandy Damari At today's Prime Minister's Questions session, Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid tribute to Mandy Damari, mother of the last remaining British-Israeli national still being held hostage in Gaza, 28-year-old Emily Damari. He said: "I also note that we are joined in the Gallery today by Mandy Damari,…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech to LFI’s 2024 Annual Lunch

Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses LFI Annual Lunch 2024 ***CHECKED AGAINST DELIVERY*** Chief Rabbi, Honoured Guests… It’s a privilege to be invited to speak to you today. And I’d like to begin by thanking our lunch co-sponsors - Sir David Garrard and Stuart Roden. And I know everyone here will join me in sending our very…