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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
Ed Davey meets with Yair Lapid in Israel
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
Ed Davey meets with Yair Lapid in Israel
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
Ed Davey visits Hostage HQ
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
Ed Davey and Layla Moran meet with Year 12 and 13 JFS students
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
Ex-Lib Dem councillor Ayoub Khan
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
Hustings at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue ahead of local election in Hertsmere
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
Local election hustings at Borehamwood and Elstree synagogue
April 21, 2023, 12:18 pm
Simmering political tensions on display at Hertsmere local election hustings
Conservative Group leader Morris Bright and Labour leader Jeremy Newmark regularly clashed during hustings, with Lib Dem leader Paul Richards also speaking
By Lee Harpin
Layla Moran, Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
July 11, 2022, 6:40 pm
Layla Moran MP: ‘I am a daughter of Palestine and a friend of Israel’
Lib Dems foreign affairs spokesperson recognises claims of "apartheid" in reports criticising Israel but says 'it's not for me to say if the definition is met on the ground".
By Lee Harpin
Helene Richman (Jewish News)
April 3, 2022, 2:06 pm
Tory councillor defects to Lib Dems, saying party has shunned ‘communities like ours’
Ex- Barnet Conservative Helene Richman launched a damning attack on local Tory Group at press conference confirming her defection.
By Lee Harpin
Boris Johnson after being announced as the new Conservative party leader, Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
July 25, 2019, 3:53 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Boris Johnson – Olive on a high wire
Following the election of a new Tory leader and Prime Minister, this week's editorial reflects on whether BoJo’s no-deal brinksmanship may lead to Corbyn in Number 10
By Jewish News
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