Iran nuclear deal ‘not perfect’, admits Foreign Office minister
Vicky Ford added enewed JCPOA deal represents 'pathway for constraining Iran's nuclear programme' as Robert Jenrick warned MPs Tehran has enough enriched uranium for 'at least two nuclear weapons'
View ArticleGovernment needs to show ‘more urgency’ in banning Iranian Guards, MP warns
Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair John Spellar calls for government to act faster over proscription of IRCG, as John Cryer MP brands Tehran regime 'clerical fascists who would have supported Nazis'
View ArticleStarmer praises LFI for ‘giving me the space to judge me on what I did’
Speaking at a packed Labour Friends of Israel reception - along with front benchers Rachel Reeves and David Lammy - Keir Starmer thanks the group for their support admitting 'You didn't have to do that...
View ArticleIran 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
View ArticleRachel 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...
View ArticleIsraeli 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'
View ArticleLFI 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...
View ArticleLabour Party activists shown ‘realities of daily life’ on visit to Israel and...
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
View ArticleLouise 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
View ArticleStarmer 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...
View ArticleHome Secretary grilled over ‘gaping chasm in the law’ on tackling antisemitic...
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'
View ArticleOPINION: 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
View ArticleRayner 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
View ArticleLabour 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...
View Article‘Progressives must stand with the oppressed women of Iran,’ says Labour’s...
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'
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