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Pic: We Believe in Israel
January 11, 2024, 11:44 am
OPINION: Why writing to your MP DOES matter
If they don’t hear anything from supporters of Israel, they will assume we don’t exist, writes Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
IRGC tank in 2012 military parade in Tehran (Wikipedia)
September 13, 2023, 4:45 pm
OPINION: More sanctions not proscription for Iran – a bad year for the Foreign Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has never been known for its friendliness to Israel and is responsible for blocking efforts to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
By Luke Akehurst
BDS protest 2019
March 9, 2023, 12:02 pm
OPINION: Laws to stop BDS activity by local councils is essential
MPs must vote to secure government action stopping councils dabbling in Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, writes We Believe in Israel's Luke Akehurst.
By Luke Akehurst
Amnesty
January 31, 2022, 3:40 pm
OPINION: Amnesty’s apartheid slur is an attack on Jewish self-determination
Luke Akehurst of We Believe in Israel responds to the human rights organisation's expected report which heavily criticises the Jewish state
By Luke Akehurst
Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Bahrain, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates sign papers during the Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony
October 13, 2020, 3:08 pm
OPINION: Four ways the Abraham Accords dismantle the anti-Israel narrative
From sounding the death knell for BDS to countering the accusation that Israel is racist, Luke Akehurst explains why the historic regional agreements are a genuine turning point
By Luke Akehurst
Lisa Nandy at a Jewish Labour-Jewish News hustings (Marc Morris Photography via Jewish News)
July 7, 2020, 12:10 pm
OPINION: Nandy’s call is music to the BDS movement’s ears
The shadow foreign secretary's call to ban settlement goods if Israel proceeds with annexation is a red line that can't be crossed, according to Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
June 15, 2020, 3:17 pm
OPINION: PSC campaign exposes the absurdity of divestment
Luke Akehurst of We Believe in Israel reflects on the Palestine Solidarity Campaign's Supreme Court case on local government boycotts
By Luke Akehurst
Delegates hold up Palestinian flags during a debate on the third day of the Labour party conference in Liverpool, September 2018 (Photo creditOLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images)
February 17, 2020, 2:10 pm
OPINION: Labour’s policy on Israel-Palestine should not be dictated by PSC
After two leadership hopefuls signed pledges by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Luke Akehurst reflects on the campaign group's influence on the party's Middle East policy
By Luke Akehurst
Omar Barghouti (Source: Screenshot from Youtube interview with the Guardian)
February 10, 2020, 10:02 am
OPINION: Why does PSC laud a man who thinks Israel shouldn’t exist
After the founder of the BDS movement finally made it to the UK, Luke Akehurst asks why the British left still associates itself with Omar Barghouti
By Luke Akehurst
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn during the launch of his party's manifesto in Birmingham. PA Photo. Picture date: Thursday November 21, 2019. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
November 21, 2019, 5:06 pm
OPINION: Labour’s manifesto is a blueprint for boycotts and bullying of Israel
As Jeremy Corbyn's party lays down its plan for government, Luke Akehurst of We Believe in Israel drills down to find out what it means for support for the Jewish state
By Luke Akehurst
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
Palestine flags are waved during the Labour conference 2019 (Jewish News)
September 27, 2019, 2:38 pm
OPINION: Labour draws inches closer to Israel boycott policy
Following the opposition's party conference this week, which saw Palestinian flags waved as an 'ethical foreign policy' was backed, Luke Akehurst reflects on its wider implications
By Luke Akehurst
Pal Expo
July 5, 2019, 11:43 am
OPINION: Unmaking 71 years of Israel won’t advance Palestinian statehood
Ahead of this year's 2019 Palestine Expo, We Believe In Believe Israel's Luke Akehurst picks apart the lineup of BDS-supporting activists and why they won't help peace
By Luke Akehurst
May 4, 2019, 6:07 pm
OPINION: Absolute return is incompatible with a peaceful solution
Luke Akehurst of We Believe in Israel says the PSC's forthcoming rally in London calls for the end of Israel, which is in opposition to peace
By Luke Akehurst
April 23, 2019, 3:45 pm
OPINION: Grahame Morris brings nothing to the debate about Israel-Palestine
Luke Akehurst reflects on the left-wing MP's online remarks made this week, spreading fake news about Israel
By Luke Akehurst
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