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Prime Minister meets Israel’s President Herzog

Posted 10 September, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Keir Starmer Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Downing Street this afternoon. In the meeting, the leaders agreed that the 48 remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas for nearly two years must be released. The Prime Minister also shared his condolences for the horrifying terror…

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Labour MPs back government proscription of Palestine Action

Posted 8 September, 2025 in Labour Party, News
Steve Yemm MP At today's Urgent Question on the proscription of Palestine Action, Labour MPs supported the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group earlier this year. David Taylor, MP for Hemel Hempstead, said: "Last August, a police officer was hospitalised after being hit with a sledgehammer while responding to a Palestine Action…

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Labour MP: Recognition of Palestine must not reward Hamas

Posted 2 September, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
Luke Myer MP, Rachel Blake MP and Matt Turmaine MP At Foreign Office Questions today, several Labour MPs asked questions of ministers regarding the role of Hamas in a future Palestinian state, the fate of the remaining hostages, and progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza. Luke Myer MP asked: "We all want to see an end…

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Labour MPs raise IRGC proscription and support for Israeli moderates in Commons

Posted 1 September, 2025 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
Jon Pearce MP and Peter Prinsley MP At today's Commons statement on the Middle East, Labour MPs asked questions of the Foreign Secretary. LFI chair Jon Pearce asked: "I welcome the Government’s decision to trigger the snapback mechanism to address the Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions. Following arrests in May relating to a suspected Iranian-backed terror plot,…

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Foreign Secretary announces snapback sanctions on Iran

Posted 1 September, 2025 in Iran, Labour Party, News
Foreign Secretary David Lammy At today's statement from the Foreign Secretary on the Middle East, David Lammy confirmed that the UK would reimpose snapback sanctions against the Iranian regime alongside European allies, in response to Iran's refusal to come to the negotiating table with regard to its nuclear programme. He said: "On 28 August, the UK,…

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LFI statement on the situation in Gaza

Posted 1 September, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI stands with the vast majority of the Israeli people who want to end the war and free the hostages, who Hamas have held in appalling conditions for nearly 700 days. Hamas’ murderous assault on southern Israel on 7 October triggered a conflict which has brought about terrible suffering for innocent Israelis and Palestinians alike.…

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LFI statement on Palestinian recognition

Posted 29 July, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI shares our government’s desire to end the devastating conflict in Gaza; secure the release of the Israeli hostages and address the catastrophic humanitarian situation by ensuring more desperately needed aid for its people; and help advance the cause of a two-state solution. We strongly support a negotiated two-state solution as the only means to guarantee…

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Jon Pearce in Labour List: ‘Unilateral recognition won’t end Gaza’s suffering – a genuine peace process will’

Posted 28 July, 2025 in Uncategorized
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP writes in Labour List this week. This week’s UN summit on a two-state solution, which France and Saudi Arabia are jointly chairing, comes against the backdrop of the horrendous situation in Gaza. President Macron has announced the French government’s intention to unilaterally recognise Palestinian statehood, outside of any meaningful peace…

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Labour MPs raise hostages and peacebuilding at Middle East statement

Posted 21 July, 2025 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Jon Pearce MP, Matthew Patrick MP and Gregor Poynton MP At today’s statement in the House of Commons on the Middle East, Labour MPs asked the Foreign Secretary about UK policy towards the 50 remaining Israeli hostages and support for civil society peacebuilding. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP asked: "I recently met the mother of Oz…

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