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Palestinian Grade 5 class exercise… Colour in a Palestinian flag, dripping with blood, against the backdrop of the Dome of the Rock

February 11, 2021, 1:46 pm

JN INVESTIGATION: How UK gives annual nod to hate-filled Palestinian education

Teaching maths by adding up ‘martyrs’ who murder Jews. Jewish News lifts the lid on how £105m of UK taxpayers’ money has funded incitement in Palestinian schools since 2016.

By Jenni Frazer

Albert with former Australian PM Tony Abbott

December 8, 2020, 3:55 pm

Meet the businessman bringing Israel, Britain and Australia closer together

'Private diplomatic channel' launched in 2009 by Albert Dadon is meeting this week. We look at is there, and what is being discussed

By Jenni Frazer

November 29, 2020, 12:52 pm

Two ex-Labour politicians describe heart-wrenching decisions to quit party

Joan Ryan tells the JLM One Day Conference 'the moment I knew there was no turning back was when Luciana Berger said that in her view the party was institutionally antisemitic'

By Jenni Frazer

October 29, 2020, 4:18 pm

Joan Ryan: It’s not been a day of shame – but four years of shame

Former Labour Friends of Israel chair joined by LORD Ian Austin in expressing sadness at the state of the party following the EHRC report publication

By Jenni Frazer

July 29, 2020, 11:53 am

After 10 years at the helm, Labour Friends of Israel’s director is to step down

Jennifer Gerber said as she departs: 'it has not been easy to be a friend of Israel on the left, but we have never shied away, and continue to make the case for Israel on the left'

By Jewish News Reporter

March 11, 2020, 12:54 pm

New LFI chair: Corbyn ‘deluded’ over bid to be shadow foreign secretary

Labour Friends of Israel's Steve McCabe believes the outgoing leader should 'walk away from the stage and leave it to new people'

By Jenni Frazer

February 25, 2020, 3:01 pm

Veteran MP Steve McCabe to become chair of Labour Friends of Israel

The long-standing supporter of the parliamentary group, who served in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet, visited Israel last year as part of a delegation

By Jewish News Reporter

Palestine flags are waved during the Labour conference 2019 (Jewish News)

November 15, 2019, 11:38 am

OPINION: New Labour cohort of outspoken anti-Zionists could deepen malaise

With the exit of numerous friends of Israel from Labour, and the influx of more hostile candidates, Luke Akehurst says whatever the election result, bilateral ties may be damaged

By Luke Akehurst

September 17, 2019, 10:23 am

Enfield MP Joan Ryan won’t contest the next election

Former LFI chair announces she'll step away as MP as she's thanked as 'a true friend of Israel and ally of the Jewish community'

By Jewish News Reporter

West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

August 15, 2019, 2:22 pm

Controversial pro-settlement group invited to London

Regavim, "dedicated to the preservation of Israel’s land", has been asked to speak next month by UK Lawyers for Israel.

By Jewish News Reporter

August 7, 2019, 2:08 pm

Louise Ellman replaces Joan Ryan as chair of LFI

Director of Labour Friends of Israel pays tribute to both MPs for their 'enormous courage, determination and strength' in recent years

By Jewish News Reporter

March 27, 2019, 10:23 am

OPINION: Joan’s speech was the big talking point of AIPAC

Simon Johnson, CEO of the Jewish Leadership Council, reflects on Joan Ryan's historic address to the US' pro-Israel conference

By Simon Johnson

March 25, 2019, 10:23 am

Joan Ryan tells AIPAC: Labour ‘seeks to demonise and delegitimise Israel’

Chair of Labour Friends of Israel tells major conference in support of the Jewish state that the party she left is 'riddled with antisemitism'

By Jewish News Reporter

February 28, 2019, 1:26 pm

Labour councillor claims Joan Ryan bribed by ‘Israeli lobby’

EXCLUSIVE: Activists have called for the expulsion of Lewisham Labour councillor Carl Handley over his recent social media activity.

By Mathilde Frot

February 27, 2019, 9:29 am

MP Chris Williamson suspended by Labour

Chris Williamson has been suspended from the party, and therefore the whip, pending an investigation

By Jewish News Reporter

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