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LFI Chair Joan Ryan MP – fact-finding trip to Israel – October 2015

Posted 22 October, 2015 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Joan Ryan was in Israel this week, reaffirming Labour's strong ties to its sister party. Meeting Labor chairman Isaac Herzog at the Knesset, she expressed her intention to bring more Labour MPs to Israel over the next year. "In my experience, it is the way to ensure MPs can best attain a balanced…

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LFI leads a delegation of Labour PPCs and MPs to Israel and the Palestinian territories

Posted 11 December, 2014 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel have just returned from a very successful four day-long visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with four Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidates and two Labour Members of Parliament. Dame Tessa Jowell MP, who held several senior ministerial positions under PM Tony Blair and PM Gordon Brown, led…

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Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party’s first visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, April 2014

Posted 15 April, 2014 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Ed Miliband showed strong solidarity with Israel and highlighted his personal connection to the country on his first visit as Leader of the Labour Party. The Labour Leader was joined by his wife Justine, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander, political advisors and LFI director Jennifer Gerber. Ed Miliband met with Israeli and Palestinian officials, including Prime…

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Shadow Secretary of State Jim Murphy leads defence and security-focused delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories

Posted 4 October, 2013 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Delegates on the Golan Heights being briefed about the security situation in Syria The Labour delegates, 29th September to 4th October, explored how to strengthen the bilateral strategic defence relationship; discussed how we can support each other against common challenges; and were briefed on the threats facing Israel as well as the security challenges in the Palestinian territories.…

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Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls visits Israel and the Palestinian territories and calls for closer economic ties and progress towards peace

Posted 18 July, 2013 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Chancellor Rt Hon Ed Balls MP visited Israel and the Palestinian territories this week with Labour Friends of Israel, and called for the economic partnership between Britain and Israel to be celebrated, and for Israelis and Palestinians to develop closer business links with each other. Ed Balls and Bashar Masri at Rawabi Describing the visit…

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Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis leads LFI delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories

Posted 27 May, 2013 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Delegates at Sderot police station, where rockets fired at Sderot from Gaza are stored Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis MP led, last week, a delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Ivan Lewis was joined by Derek Twigg MP and LFI Vice Chair and International Development Committee member Michael McCann MP on the visit. The…

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Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission

Posted 11 October, 2012 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission Shadow Secretaries of State for Work & Pensions and Business & Innovation, Liam Byrne and Chuka Umunna, led this week a Labour delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories, to learn from Israel’s hi-tech success, and to call for deeper economic relations…

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Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander visits Israel and the Palestinian territories with Labour Friends of Israel and says that a negotiated outcome to the conflict is urgent

Posted 15 December, 2011 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum Shadow Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP and Shadow Middle East Minister Ian Lucas MP visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with Labour Friends of Israel last week. During the two-day visit, the shadow foreign team visited communities in southern Israel…

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Labour Friends of Israel leads a delegation of Parliamentarians to Israel and the Palestinian territories

Posted 13 October, 2011 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel leads a delegation of Parliamentarians to Israel and the Palestinian territories Labour Friends of Israel have just returned from a very successful week-long visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with seven Labour Members of Parliament. LFI Chair John Woodcock MP, a Shadow Transport Minister, led the delegation,…

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