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Security Minister: As security minister I can assure you – British Jews are not alone

Posted 17 September, 2024 in Antisemitism, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP Up and down the UK, communities are immeasurably stronger for having a proud Jewish contingent. From politics to sport, from the arts to business, from media to medicine, British Jews have made – and continue…

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Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis: Iran’s “Axis of Resistance”

Posted 12 September, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News
The war launched by Hamas on 7 October has brought about an unprecedented level of coordination between Iran’s proxies, forcing Israel to fight a multi-front conflict for close to a year.   In this paper, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis: Iran’s “Axis of Resistance”, we outline the origins of, and explain the threat posed by, Iranian…

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Labour parliamentarians attend LFI briefing on Iran

Posted 11 September, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News
This afternoon, LFI hosted a briefing on Iran’s malign activities in the Middle East and increasing support for Putin’s war on Ukraine. Chaired by Matthew Patrick MP, the panel included Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, Jemima Shelley, senior analyst at the Tony Blair Institute, and Toby Greene, visiting fellow…

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UK and US stand firm against threat from Iran

Posted 10 September, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This week, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held a joint press conference on a number of international challenges facing the two countries, including the situation in the Middle East. During the conference, Lammy stressed the UK's commitment to brokering peace in the Middle East. He highlighted ongoing efforts for…

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Labour MPs raise constituents’ concerns over partial arms sales suspension

Posted 6 September, 2024 in Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
David Pinto Duschinsky MP, Sarah Sackman MP, Dan Tomlinson MP and Christian Wakeford MP Several Labour MPs have raised their constituents' concerns with the government following this week's announcement that the government would suspend some arms export licences to Israel. The three MPs representing Barnet in north London - David Pinto-Duschinsky, Sarah Sackman and Dan…

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LFI director: Labour’s decision will embolden Tehran to pursue its terrorist goals

Posted 4 September, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for The Times. Click here to read the original. Since the 7 October Hamas atrocities, Labour has steadfastly repeated its belief in Israel’s right to defend itself.  It has been right to do so, but the government’s decision this week to suspend some arms sales to…

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LFI Statement on the government’s announcement of a partial suspension of arms export licenses to Israel

Posted 3 September, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Since 7 October, Israel has come under repeated, unprovoked and indiscriminate attack by Iran and its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. We do not believe that restrictions on UK arms sales will help bring the tragic conflict in Gaza to a close or help ensure the release of the hostages, six of whom…

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LFI hosts parliamentary briefing on Hamas sexual violence

Posted 3 September, 2024 in Hamas, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News
This evening, LFI hosted a parliamentary briefing from Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari on her research around Hamas's systematic use of sexual violence on 7 October and the horrors still faced by female hostages being kept in tunnels in Gaza. She also discussed the abandonment of Israeli women by the UN and women's groups in the wake…

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Labour MPs urge government to be tougher on Iran

Posted 2 September, 2024 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Jon Pearce MP and Matthew Patrick MP At today's statement from the Foreign Secretary on the UK's strategy towards the Middle East, a number of Labour MPs urged the government to be tougher in its policy towards the Iranian regime, particularly for its role in fuelling conflict in Gaza. High Peak MP Jon Pearce asked: "We…

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Prime Minister condemns “horrific and senseless” killing of six Israeli hostages

Posted 1 September, 2024 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News
Prime Minister Keir Starmer Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages in Gaza by Hamas as "horrific and senseless". The IDF said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov, 33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered on Saturday. The…

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