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Scottish newspaper ‘demonises’ MP with ‘Zionist’ front page
By Lee Harpin
The National criticised for report that appears ‘perniciously’ to distort the purpose of legitimate ‘friends of’ lobby groups in parliament
August 29, 2024, 12:14 pm
Scottish newspaper ‘demonises’ MP with ‘Zionist’ front page
The National criticised for report that appears 'perniciously' to distort the purpose of legitimate 'friends of' lobby groups in parliament
By Lee Harpin
Palestinian school girls watch a press conference by UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl during his visit to an UNRWA school in Gaza City. Credit: Wissam Nassar/dpa/Alamy Live News
July 16, 2024, 5:46 pm
LFI backs restoration of funding to Palestinian relief agency with strict controls
A briefing note to Labour MPs from LFI called for 'more stringent vetting' of UNRWA staff and an 'overhaul of educational materials'
By Lee Harpin
Israeli and Palestinian flags
May 8, 2024, 5:37 pm
OPINION: How a Labour Government could advance peace in the Middle East
LFI's Michael Rubin urges a Keir Starmer administration to bring together the international community to fund peacebuilding projects involving Israelis and Palestinians to underpin any future peace process
By Michael Rubin
Adrian Cohen and Labour's Wayne David at JLM conference
January 15, 2024, 11:11 am
‘Progressives must stand with the oppressed women of Iran,’ says Labour’s Wayne David
Shadow Middle East minster tells JLM conference: 'The sheer horror of the country is something supporters of human rights and human decency should have no truck with'
By Lee Harpin
LFI delegations meets with President Isaac Herzog
January 10, 2024, 4:03 pm
Labour Friends of Israel sends delegation on ‘solidarity’ visit to Israel
Dame Louise Ellman said 'This delegation is an opportunity for supporters of Israel in the Labour party to see and hear first-hand about what this country and its people have experienced in recent months'
By Lee Harpin
Angela Rayner MP at the Board of Deputies Chanukah Party
January 10, 2024, 11:18 am
Rayner and LFI lead renewed Labour attack on government’s ‘flawed’ anti-BDS bill
EXCLUSIVE: Angela Rayner and Labour Friends of Israel hit out at the government's 'flawed' Economic Activity of Public Bodies Bill ahead of its third reading in the Commons
By Lee Harpin
Kibbutz Kfar Aza
December 12, 2023, 2:13 pm
OPINION: The world has failed the Jewish people, again.
We cannot allow Hamas to deprive another generation of Israelis and Palestinians the prospect of peace, writes Steve McCabe MP, chair of Labour Friends of Israel
By Steve McCabe
Suella Braverman speaks at Tory Party conference
October 24, 2023, 9:57 am
Home Secretary grilled over ‘gaping chasm in the law’ on tackling antisemitic hate
Labour Friends of Israel says Sir Mark Rowley, now the Met Police commissioner, had raised concerns 2021 over 'gaping chasm in the law that allows hateful extremists to operate with impunity'
By Lee Harpin
LFI vigil for Israel at Labour conference in Liverpool
October 11, 2023, 4:12 am
Starmer and Labour shadow cabinet attend hugely emotional LFI Israel vigil
Keir Starmer led the speeches at a Labour Friend of Israel vigil at party conference in Liverpool, with shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also saying of the actions of Hamas in Israel: 'We should call it out for what it is, it is barbaric, it is terrorism'
By Lee Harpin
LFI delegates meet with Uri Rotman, Head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East and Peace Process division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
September 5, 2023, 2:20 pm
Louise Ellman returns to Israel as part of largest ever LFI delegation
The five-day long fact-finding trip, led by LFI vice-chair Sharon Hodgson MP, also offered prospective Labour parliamentary candidates at the next election the opportunity to visit the region
By Lee Harpin
LFI's Michael Rubin, second right, and We Believe In Israel's Luke Akehurst, right, on latest joint delegation with Labour activists and councillors
May 22, 2023, 1:39 pm
Labour Party activists shown ‘realities of daily life’ on visit to Israel and the West Bank
The Labour Friends of Israel and the We Believe In Israel groups staged a joint delegation saying it is 'crucial as many people in the Party at all levels have the opportunity to visit' the region
By Lee Harpin
LFI delegation meets President Herzog
February 8, 2023, 4:44 pm
LFI takes biggest delegation in over a decade to Israel
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP said that at Yad Vashem 'Standing in the Hall of Names is the most powerful reminder of the importance of Israel to Jewish people throughout the world as the ultimate safe haven'
By Lee Harpin
A right wing activist dressed in military uniform has his handcuffs unlocked by extreme Right-wing lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit political party, as a symbol of easing the army's policy against Palestinians
November 22, 2022, 5:17 pm
Israeli Labour leader vows to ‘fight destructive agenda’ of the far-right
Merav Michaeli also claimed the BDS movement had given the Israeli far-right an excuse 'to avoid the difficult compromises we need to have once we go on the path to peace'
By Lee Harpin
Rachel Reeves addresses the LFI lunch
November 22, 2022, 3:55 pm
Rachel Reeves: Corbyn allowed ‘downplaying, excusing, or denial of antisemitism’
In a speech delivered to the annual Labour Friends of Israel lunch, shadow chancellor Reeves, highlights ex-leader's failure over antisemitism, and says 'this is why Jeremy Corbyn is no longer a member of the parliamentary Labour Party."
By Lee Harpin
Military parade in Iran
October 20, 2022, 2:41 pm
Iran confirms sanctions against MPs and senior figures in CFI and LFI
Conservative Friends of Israel's Lord Polak, Stephen Crabb, and LFI's Steve McCabe are named in latest Tehran sanctions list, along with MPs Tom Tugendhat and Bob Blackman
By Lee Harpin
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