Labour Friends of Israel

The BBC has finally upheld a complaint – astonishingly, it’s for alleged pro-Israel bias

If Auntie could apply its newfound willingness to admit wrongdoing to its real failings – starting with its relentlessly negative coverage of the Jewish state – that would be genuine progress

By Jake Wallis Simons

2 min read

John Woodcock, Lord Walney (Image: House of Lords)

BBC

BBC upholds complaint over Lord Walney appearance for its failure to disclose Israel links

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Protest at the University of Birmingham (Image: UJS)

By Mark Sewards

Universities have failed Jewish students – now government must broaden fight against campus antisemitism

3 min read

Mark Sewards MP (fourth from the right) visiting Leeds Hillel House (Image: LFI)

Labour Friends of Israel

Give Starmer credit: tackling antisemitism within party let Labour take power, says LFI chair

By Lorin Bell-Cross

8 min read

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (right) listens to Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong speak at a press conference following the AUKMIN Summit, at Lancaster House, London, June 10, 2026 (Credit: Kin Cheung - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Labour Friends of Israel

LFI welcomes creation of Israel-Palestinian peace fund

By Daniel Ben-David

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)

PRO-PALESTINE DEMONSTRATIONS

Labour MPs call for Nakba Day rally ban

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Zack Polanski

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

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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Jewish groups welcome social cohesion strategy

New measures include powers for the Charity Commission to shut down antisemitic NGOs and lecturers to report extremism on campus

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

March 10, 2026 17:34

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

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

Lord Walney’s proposal to outlaw non-terrorist groups engaged in “criminal sabotage” backed by Labour and Tory parliamentarians

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

February 18, 2026 12:45

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

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

Mark Sewards MP meets with President Herzog and opposition party leader Yair Golan and calls for greater regional integration

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

February 3, 2026 18:28

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

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

Hamish Falconer revealed that in his short time in office he has answered the most Urgent Questions of any minister in recent Labour governments

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

January 12, 2026 16:41

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

By The JC Leader

Rachel Reeves restores moral clarity on Israel

The Chancellor’s unapologetically Zionist speech – honest about Hamas’s October 7 atrocity, blunt about antisemitism, and courageous within her own Labour party – hints at a long overdue reset in the UK’s approach to Israel

2 min read

December 11, 2025 11:14

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

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

4 min read

December 9, 2025 16:23