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

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 Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 9 months3 September, 2024 ago

Foreign Secretary sets our UK Government’s response to Hezbollah’s attack on the Golan Heights

At Tuesday’s statement in the House of Commons on the situation in the Lebanon, Foreign Secretary David Lammy set out the UK’s response to Hezbollah’s devastating attack on the Golan Heights.   Lammy stated that “The Government are unequivocal in condemning this horrific attack and calling on Hezbollah to cease its Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 10 months2 August, 2024 ago

LFI Chair Steve McCabe raises threat of Iran in Parliament

On Wednesday 9 December LFI Chair Steve McCabe MP spoke in a Westminster Hall debate on Government policy on Iran. During the debate Steve McCabe explained that “not only does Iran support terrorist groups and foment unrest across the middle east, but its strategic aim is an arc of influence Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 4 years14 December, 2020 ago

LFI chair welcomes Israeli-Palestinian COVID-19 cooperation

Speaking in Foreign Office questions, LFI chair Steve McCabe welcomed Israeli-Palestinian cooperation to tackle COVID-19. “I thank the Minister for his comments. Will he join me in welcoming the news that Israel has approved a $230 million advance payment to the Palestinian Authority, alongside coronavirus test kits, intensive care beds, Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 5 years12 May, 2020 ago

LFI chair attacks government in debate on PA curriculum

LFI chair Steve McCabe attacked the government’s handling of the Palestinian Authority’s controversial school curriculum in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. Independent reports have detailed how the curriculum, which the PA began to roll out in 2016, glorifies terrorists, teaches the virtues of martyrdom and contains a series of antisemitic tropes. UK Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 5 years11 March, 2020 ago

LFI vice-chair speaks about the plight of Jewish refugees

LFI vice-chair Dame Louise Ellman MP has spoken about the forgotten plight of the Jewish refugees from the Middle East and north Africa, in a Parliamentary debate. In a debate in Westminster Hall, Dame Louise Ellman highlighted the tragic plight of the 850,000 Jews displaced from the Middle East in Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years20 June, 2019 ago

LFI vice-chair introduces bill against terrorist incitement in PA schools

LFI vice-chair Dame Louise Ellman MP has today presented a ten minute rule bill in parliament designed to stop the Palestinian Authority education system using British taxpayers’ money to fund a school curriculum which incites the murder of Israelis. Supported by a cross-party group of MPs, Dame Louise’s bill will Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years8 January, 2019 ago

Joint LFI, CFI and Israeli Embassy event on Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran

This week, LFI, in partnership with CFI and the Israeli Embassy, hosted a special briefing in parliament to commemorate the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran. Ambassador Mark Regev and Board of Deputies vice-president Edwin Shuker spoke about the 850,000 Jewish refugees who were forced to flee Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 7 years3 December, 2018 ago

LFI pressures government to act over incitement in Palestinian education

Labour Friends of Israel is stepping up its campaign to pressure the government to act over incitement in the Palestinian education system. LFI chair Joan Ryan secured a parliamentary debate on the matter, held this week in Westminster Hall. Opening her speech, Ms Ryan said: “Given Britain’s long-standing advocacy of Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 7 years4 July, 2018 ago

LFI secures parliamentary debate on Hezbollah proscription

LFI chair Joan Ryan has secured a cross-party parliamentary debate on the proscription of Hezbollah on Thursday 25 January. LFI has long called for the complete proscription of the terrorist group Hezbollah. Currently, the UK only proscribes Hezbollah’s ‘military wing’, but not its ‘political wing’. The UK’s distinction is not Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 7 years11 January, 2018 ago

LFI MPs celebrate Balfour centenary in Parliament

Labour MPs hailed Britain’s contribution to the creation of the State of Israel in a Westminster Hall parliamentary debate this week. MPs were debating the 1917 Balfour Declaration, when Britain declared its support for the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in the land of Israel, ahead of its 100th anniversary Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years27 October, 2017 ago

LFI chair Joan Ryan MP raises Hezbollah in Parliament

During October’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions in the House of Commons, LFI chair Joan Ryan MP questioned Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt MP on the threat Hezbollah poses to both Israel and the Middle East. Joan asked “does the Minister agree that Hezbollah poses a serious threat to Israel’s Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 8 years17 October, 2017 ago

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