Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Next generation of Labour activists join LFI delegation

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
A delegation of Young Labour activists is this week visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories on a joint delegation organised by LFI and We Believe in Israel. What’s happening The trip is LFI’s first activist delegation to the region in more than a decade. The itinerary has given delegates a varied introduction to Israel as a…

more

0Comments 0Likes 48Views

Analysis: Wes Streeting visits Israel with LFI

Posted 11 May, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Wes Streeting and Steve McCabe/ LFI What's happening The shadow health and social care secretary is visiting Israel this week with LFI. Wes Streeting, a rising star in the party who was first elected to parliament in 2015, is being accompanied by LFI chair Steve McCabe on a delegation primarily focused on Israel’s health tech and…

more

0Comments 0Likes 202Views

Shadow Middle East minister joins first LFI delegation since pandemic

Posted 23 March, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Bambos Charalambous and Steve McCabe participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem The shadow minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Bambos Charalambous, is with Labour Friends of Israel on a delegation this week – his first visit to the region since his appointment last November. He is being accompanied by LFI chair Steve McCabe.…

more

0Comments 0Likes 37Views

LFI Delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories – July 2019

Posted 14 August, 2019 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel took a group of centre-left parliamentarians on delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories at the end of July. The group was led by LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman MP, and included LFI honorary president Joan Ryan MP, Rosie Cooper MP, Steve McCabe MP, and Phil Wilson MP. The group began their…

more

0Comments 0Likes 40Views

Labour MPs visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories on LFI delegation

Posted 31 May, 2018 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Seven Labour parliamentarians toured Israel and the Palestinian territories this week on a delegation run by Labour Friends of Israel. LFI parliamentary chair Joan Ryan led the delegation, and she was joined by MPs Louise Ellman, Andrew Gwynne, Stephen Morgan, Sharon Hodgson, and Jonathan Reynolds, as well as Lord Roy Kennedy. The delegation first visited Jerusalem, including a tour of the…

more

0Comments 0Likes 41Views

Emily Thornberry visits Israel with LFI

Posted 16 November, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry returned to Britain this week after visiting Israel with LFI. During a four-day trip to Israel and the West Bank, she was accompanied by the shadow minister for peace and disarmament Fabian Hamilton. Ms Thornberry met with the new leader of the Israeli Labor party, Avi Gabbay (pictured). The two discussed…

more

0Comments 0Likes 118Views

Iain McNicol visits Israel with LFI

Posted 4 April, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour party, travelled to Israel this week with Labour Friends of Israel. The three-day trip included laying a wreath at Yad Vashem; meeting with Israeli Labor MKs Hilik Bar and Michal Biran and the party’s new general secretary, Eran Hermoni; visiting a Jerusalem coexistence project; and a tour of…

more

0Comments 0Likes 44Views

Labour MPs visit Israel and Palestine on LFI delegation

Posted 12 January, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Six Labour MPs visited Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv on an LFI delegation last week. Pat McFadden, Ian Lucas, Lillian Greenwood, Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Ian Austin took part in the five-day trip. The visit included meetings with Israeli lawmakers, a Palestinian minister, NGOs, coexistence projects, security officials and counter-terror specialists. The delegation began with a…

more

0Comments 0Likes 41Views

LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP visits Washington DC

Posted 24 November, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
For the first time, an LFI officer has visited Washington DC on a political visit. LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP’s visit aimed to build support for LFI’s ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ campaign. At the heart of this campaign is a pledge to support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, which…

more

0Comments 0Likes 52Views

Labour MPs visit Israel on LFI delegation

Posted 23 November, 2016 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI have been visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories this week with a delegation of Labour MPs. Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, led the delegation alongside fellow MPs Rosie Winterton, Gloria De Piero, Michael Dugher and Ruth Smeeth. The delegation included tours of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as well as a memorial…

more

0Comments 0Likes 48Views