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LFI chair Steve McCabe’s speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

LFI chair Steve McCabe addresses LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch   *** Check against delivery ***   Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch Tuesday 22 November 2022   Steve McCabe MP, Chair Labour Friends of Israel   Introduction Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to Labour Friends of Israel’s Annual Lunch. We wouldn’t be here today without the support of many in this…

Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli’s speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli addressing LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch   ** Check against delivery ** נאום לידידי.ות ישראל בלייבור הבריטי Labour Friends of Israel  22 נובמבר 2022 Thank you, Steve, for that kind introduction. I am delighted to be with you this afternoon at LFI’s annual lunch. Can I begin by thanking LFI for your valued work: making the case for…

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Shadow Chancellor and LFI vice-chair Rachel Reeves addresses LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch Rachel Reeves MP Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 18/11/2022   ** Check against delivery **   Thank you, Steve. Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It’s such a pleasure to be here with you at LFI’s annual lunch. And I’m especially grateful to Merav for making the journey from Israel to be with us today. As…

In Brief: Iran issues first death sentence following anti-government protests

Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran on Sunday issued its first deaths sentence linked to the anti-regime protests that have followed the death of Mahsa Amini in September. The accused was sentenced in a Tehran court to death for the crime of “setting fire to a government building, disturbing public order, assembly and conspiracy…

In Brief: 24/7 opening pilot for Allenby border crossing launched

Allenby Bridge > Abutoum / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan opened to passenger traffic for 24-hours a day last week for the first time. The extended hours pilot, which ran for almost a week, was part of an agreement the Israeli government made with US President…

In Brief: 3 Israelis killed in Palestinian terror attack in West Bank

MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Three Israelis were killed and a further three injured in a terrorist attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel on Tuesday morning. According to the Israeli Defence Forces, a Palestinian terrorist stabbed a security guard near the entrance to the Ariel Industrial Park. The terrorist then…

Analysis: Netanyahu warned at home and abroad as he builds coalition

Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Talks between former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and smaller right-wing and far-right parties have begun following this month’s Israeli election, which saw Netanyahu emerge as the likeliest next premier. However, growing warnings about the inclusion of the far-right have emerged…

LFI MPs attend ELNET briefing on Palestinian Authority corruption and authoritarianism

This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentary supporters attended an ELNET briefing from the Jewish Chronicle's David Rose on the Palestinian Authority’s increasing authoritarianism and corruption, co-hosted. Democratic reform in the PA is a vital prerequisite to making a two-state solution a reality. The briefing was also addressed by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP about LFI's…

LFI director: Friends of Israel now face a twin challenge

LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. UK and Israel flags > UK in Israel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons For many of us, the result of Israel’s election brought back unhappy memories of Donald Trump’s upset defeat of Hillary Clinton six years ago. That’s unsurprising: both contests were…