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PRO-PALESTINE DEMONSTRATIONS

Labour MPs call for Nakba Day rally ban

Mark Sewards said the event demonstrated an ‘obsessive focus on the world’s only Jewish state’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Several anti-Israel demonstrators held placards drawing comparisons between the Gaza war and the Holocaust at last year's Nakba march (Credit: X/@habibi_uk)

Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives a speech to party supporters at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Cardiff, Wales, May 2, 2026 (Credit: Jon Rowley/Getty Images)

Polanski ‘endorsed conspiracy theories’ about Starmer being ‘paid’ by Israel

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 24: Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed (Getty Images)

Jewish groups welcome social cohesion strategy

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Locals inspecting the damage after a Jewish property business in Stamford Hill was attacked (Supplied)

Palestine Action

Close Palestine Action loophole with law if needed, MPs tell government

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

LFI Honorary Chair Mark Sewards with Bahrain’s Prime Minister's Office Coordinator Yara Redha Faraj (Image: LFI)

Labour Friends of Israel

LFI’s new chair visits Israel and also Bahrain in historic first for group

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

Hamish Falconer (right) and Labour Friends of Israel chair Mark Sewards.

Jewish Labour Movement

Middle East minister defends government over claim it does not confront ‘genocide’ language on Israel

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers keynote speech at annual LFI lunch (Photo: LFI)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Rachel Reeves restores moral clarity on Israel

2 min read

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Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Rachel Reeves: the Zionist minister in a Labour government turning on Israel

The Chancellor is sound as they come on the Jewish state. But she is a member of a cabinet that has not merely fed the anti-Zionist narrative but has allowed antisemitism itself to flourish

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December 9, 2025 16:23

Sir Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves (R) and David Lammy (L)

Luke Akehurst

By Luke Akehurst

The chancellor’s speech showed that Labour’s tradition of support for Israel is alive and well

Luke Akehurst MP: Labour will defeat the poison of anti-Zionist antisemitism

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December 9, 2025 14:39

LFI (Labour Friends of Israel) Annual Lunch at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, Great Britain 8th December 2025 Michael Rubin LFI director Mark Sewards MP LFI Parliamentary Chair Lord Iain McNicol of West Kilbride Tribute to Sir David Garrard Stuart Roden Introduction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP Chancellor Speech Adrian Cohen Vote of Thanks Photograph by Elliott Franks

Rachel Reeves: I’m an unapologetic Zionist

Landmark speech by chancellor is hailed as showing Labour support for Israel ‘alive and well’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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December 8, 2025 16:39

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers an impassioned speech defending the right of the Jewish people to self-determination at a Labour Friends of Israel event (Photo: LFI)

Leeds MP appointed new Labour Friends of Israel chair

Mark Sewards said he was ‘delighted’ to take up the role

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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November 25, 2025 10:10

Israeli president Isaac Herzog (centre) with Mark Sewards (third from the right) and other Labour Parliamentarians (Image: LFI)

Do not equate Netanyahu with Hamas, Yair Golan aide tells Labour conference meeting

Jonathan Cummings was speaking at an event organised by Labour Friends of Israel that featured Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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September 28, 2025 16:46

Labour Friends of Israel panel (L-R): Damien Egan MP, Michael Stevens, Nivine Sandouka, Dr Jonathan Cummings, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP. (Image: Josh Garfield/X).

Chair of Labour Friends of Israel promoted to PM’s office

Jon Pearce has stepped down from LFI after his appointment to Sir Keir Starmer’s team

By Jane Prinsley

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September 12, 2025 11:30

Jon Pearce MP (centre) with the family of Oz Daniel in Westminster (Image: Jon Pearce)

Suspect arrested over ‘arson’ at pro-Israel MP’s office

Sharon Hodgson’s constituency headquarters was also defaced with ‘blood on your hands' graffiti

By Jamie Shapiro

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September 12, 2025 10:28

Sharon Hodgson MP's Washington and Gateshead South constituency office following a suspected arson attack (Image: YouTube/ SkyNews)

Labour MP claims Israel ‘killed Yemen’s prime minister’ in strike on Houthi cabinet

Kim Johnson was accused of neglecting ‘basic facts’ in apparently mixing up the militant group with the country’s recognised government

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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September 3, 2025 11:02

Labour MP Kim Johnson (Image: Parliament TV).

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

The new Derbyshire MP has also highlighted the plight of the remaining hostages held by Hamas

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 21, 2025 15:10

LFI Chair Jon Pearce MP with Israel's President Isaac Herzog (Image: Labour Friends of Israel).

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