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

Posted 2 August, 2024 in Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
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 rocket strikes. This atrocity is…

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LFI chair welcomes Israeli-Palestinian COVID-19 cooperation

Posted 12 May, 2020 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories
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, ventilators, drugs and protective equipment? Is…

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LFI chair attacks government in debate on PA curriculum

Posted 11 March, 2020 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
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 international development aid pays the…

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

Posted 8 January, 2019 in Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
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 mandate that UK assistance to the…

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

Posted 3 December, 2018 in Antisemitism, Iran, Middle East, News
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 Arab and Muslim countries. LFI…

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LFI pressures government to act over incitement in Palestinian education

Posted 4 July, 2018 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
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 a two-state solution, I also believe it…

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LFI secures parliamentary debate on Hezbollah proscription

Posted 11 January, 2018 in Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, News
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 one that Hezbollah itself recognises. Its…

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