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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

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

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

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 at Labour conference under Jeremy Corbyn

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 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

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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