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Ed Davey meets with Yair Lapid in Israel

September 19, 2025, 12:38 pm

Lib Dem Friends of Israel chair admits fundamental disagreement with Davey over Gaza position

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey had said 'there is a genocide' in Gaza

By Lee Harpin

April 4, 2025, 2:07 pm

Lib Dem MP calls for ‘two million Gaza hostages held by the murderous IDF’ to be freed

Andrew George, MP for St Ives, made the remark in a Commons debate

By Lee Harpin

December 16, 2024, 5:38 pm

Lib Dem MP begins Westminster Israel arms ban debate by using disputed Gaza death toll

Dr Roz Savage also used disputed Amnesty claim that Israel had committed 'genocide' in opening speech to MPs

By Lee Harpin

Mandy Damari, mum of 28-year-old Emily, captured by Hamas in Gaza

November 6, 2024, 3:10 pm

Lib Dem MPs urge government to ‘take all actions’ to secure Gaza hostage release

MPs sign early day motion highlighting plight of British-Israeli hostage

By Lee Harpin

Layla Moran moves motion on Israel/Gaza at Lib dem conference

September 16, 2024, 3:31 pm

Lib Dems vote in favour of immediate UK arms sale ban to Israel

Motion passed overwhelmingly at the party's conference calls for 'immediately recognising the state of Palestine'

By Lee Harpin

Ed Davey and Layla Moran meet with Year 12 and 13 JFS students

September 14, 2024, 2:59 pm

Lib Dems announce emergency debate on ‘Israel-Gaza conflict’ at party conference

Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran understood to be working on a motion for the debate, taking place on Monday at the conference in Brighton

By Lee Harpin

June 10, 2024, 12:01 pm

Lib Dem manifesto pledges Palestinian state recognition ‘with immediate effect’

The 116 page For a Fair Deal - Liberal Democrats Manifesto 2024 also includes a pledge to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the party gain power

By Lee Harpin

March 7, 2024, 4:00 pm

Lib Dem leader urges foreign secretary to lobby ICC to issue Hamas arrest warrants

EXCLUSIVE: Ed Davey writes to Lord Cameron saying 'There simply has to be accountability at an international level for the crimes perpetrated by Hamas' on Oct 7th

By Lee Harpin

March 5, 2024, 12:20 pm

Lib Dem leader ‘better equipped’ to understand impact of Oct 7 after visiting Israel

Sir Ed Davey was accompanied on a visit to Israel by Gavin Stoller, director of the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel organisation

By Lee Harpin

Pat Marsh, suspended as a Lib Dem councillor

February 20, 2024, 4:25 pm

Police arrest suspended Lib Dems councillor in probe into deranged antisemitic tweets

Pat Marsh, a long-serving Lib Dem councillor and former borough mayor in Harrogate, was arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday, North Yorkshire Police said

By Lee Harpin

December 10, 2023, 12:11 pm

Lib Dem leader Davey praises JFS students after visit for their ‘mature’ approach to Israel

Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran tells of 'shared grief' as she meets a JFS student on a visit to the school, who, like herself, has lost relatives during the current conflict in Gaza

By Lee Harpin

October 26, 2023, 4:15 pm

Lib Dem councillor questions accounts of Hamas terrorist atrocities

A Lib Dem spokesperson confirms a complaint about Birmingham City councillor Ayoub Khan's Tik Tok posts is being investigated.

By Lee Harpin

Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel stage event at annual party conference in Bournemouth

September 27, 2023, 5:49 pm

Ex-Lib Dem leader expresses continued hope for two-state solution at conference event

Lord Monroe Palmer, the president of the Lib Dem Friends of Israel group also said:'An economically and democratic Palestinian state alongside a vibrant, secure and democratic Israel is still possible'

By Lee Harpin

Hustings at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue ahead of local election in Hertsmere

May 10, 2023, 8:00 pm

Hertsmere Labour’s Newmark confirms ‘progress’ to ‘deliver partnership administration’

Conservative Cllr Morris Bright says 'to the best of my knowledge Labour and the Liberal Democrats are forming a coalition to run Hertsmere'

By Lee Harpin

May 5, 2023, 9:38 am

Tories lose their majority on Hertsmere Borough Council

Thursday's local election result, which left Hertsmere under no overall control, saw the Conservatives lose 13 seats, as Labour and the Lib Dems both made gains

By Lee Harpin

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