Labour Friends of Israel

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

Mark Sewards MP also defended Government’s decision to sanction far-right Israeli ministers speaking in JC interview

By Lorin Bell-Cross

8 min read

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June 18, 2026 11:17

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

LFI welcomes creation of Israel-Palestinian peace fund

The fund aims to foster dialogue, support civil partnerships and future peace efforts

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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June 11, 2026 13:31

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 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

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May 8, 2026 15:48

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)

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

The Green Party leader appeared to back the claim that the prime minister is in hock to ‘Zionist philanthropists’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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May 5, 2026 12:17

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)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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December 11, 2025 11:14

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

Antizionist antisemitism ‘institutionally embedded’ in public sector, new report warns

‘Demonisation’ of Israel must be challenged to tackle antisemitism in Britain, says LFI chair

Netanyahu has damaged the country’s global standing for years to come, Israeli opposition figure tells Labour conference

Former UK ambassador to Israel warns sanctions against settlements may backfire

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

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

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

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

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