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  1. History

     New Labour-era and height of prominence  Corbyn-era and divisions within party 

  2. Related groups

  3. Members of LFI

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) is a group in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that promotes support for a strong bilateral relationship between Britain and Israel, and seeks to strengthen ties between the British Labour Party and the Israeli Labor Party. LFI supports a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, with Israel recognised and secure within its borders, and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state.[2] {{asof|2018|08}} it includes about 80 Labour MPs.

History

LFI was founded in 1957 at the Labour Party Conference,[3] and has developed into one of the larger special interest groups in the party, drawing wide support from Members of Parliament and Government Ministers. Labour Friends of Israel has a large membership, organised into local branches. Seeking to strengthen the bond between the Labour Party and the Israeli Labor Party, it organises meetings of senior figures in both the UK and Israel.

New Labour-era and height of prominence

In 2003, LFI described itself as "a Westminster based lobby group working within the British Labour Party to promote the State of Israel".[4]

It has been described as "less unquestioning in its support of the Israeli government than the Conservative Friends of Israel".[5] Between 2001 and 2009 LFI sponsored more than 60 MPs to visit Israel, more than any other group.[5]

In 2011, LFI adopted a new strategy of becoming a wider membership organisation and operating under the slogan "Working Towards a Two-State Solution". In 2010, Jennifer Gerber, previously director of Progress, was appointed director, and in 2011 John Woodcock was appointed chair.[6][7][8] Dame Anne McGuire succeeded Woodcock as chair in May 2013.[9]

Corbyn-era and divisions within party

With the ascent to the leadership of the Labour Party of Jeremy Corbyn, who has a history of support for Palestinians, the relationship between the LFI and the party leadership became more complicated. In 2015, Joan Ryan, MP for Enfield North, succeeded McGuire, becoming the new chair.[10] Members of LFI, along with the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council, have taken part in protests critical of the Corbyn leadership, stating that antisemitism is present in the Labour Party under his tenure.

LFI had been depleted of Parliamentary supporters who had lost their seats at the 2015 general election. In 2016 LFI announced it had trebled its number of Parliamentary supporters, at a time when many moderate MPs rebelled against the leadership of the party, stating that 65 MPs had pledged to back the group. LFI re-branded itself as "Labour Friends of Israel: For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace", created a Young LFI group, and stated it would support the Alliance for Middle East Peace’s international fund.[11][13]

In early 2017, Al Jazeera released a four-part documentary entitled The Lobby, which looked at the Israel lobby in the United Kingdom and the Labour Party especially.[12] A member of Israeli embassy staff, Shai Masot, was recorded "plotting" to take down British MPs who favour recognition of a Palestinian state; links to the Labour Friends of Israel were put under the spotlight.[13][14]

Related groups

The charitable Yigal Allon Educational Trust, founded in 1985 by former Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Ian Mikardo MP, Lord Glenamara and others, has supported Labour Friends of Israel.[15][16] Labour Friends of Israel is a distinct organisation to the Jewish Labour Movement, the affiliated socialist society and successor to the UK's Poale Zion.

Members of LFI

As of August 2018, around 80 MPs and 20 members of the House of Lords were supporters.[17] In alphabetical order, former and current members of Labour Friends of Israel include:

  • David Abrahams, former Treasurer[18]
  • Lord Archer of Sandwell[19]
  • Sir Stuart Bell[20]
  • Luciana Berger, former Director of LFI[21]
  • Tony Blair, former Prime Minister[22][23]
  • David Blunkett, former Home Secretary[19]
  • Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister[22][23][24]
  • Chris Bryant[19] and former Minister for Europe
  • Stephen Byers, former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry[19]
  • Wayne David[19]
  • Andrew Dismore [19]
  • Michael Dugher[25]
  • Louise Ellman, Vice Chair of LFI [19]
  • Derek Foster[19]
  • Lord Foulkes[19]
  • Mike Gapes, former Vice Chair of LFI (2004)[26]
  • Barry Gardiner, former Vice-Chair of LFI
  • Anthony Greenwood, first Chair of LFI (1957)[3]
  • Andrew Gwynne, Chair of LFI (2010)[19]
  • Fabian Hamilton[19]
  • Baroness Hayman[19]
  • Margaret Hodge[17]
  • Joan Humble[19]
  • Barbara Keeley[19]
  • Jane Kennedy, Chair of LFI (2007)[19]
  • Ivan Lewis, former Vice-Chair of LFI [27]
  • Lord Macdonald of Tradeston[19]
  • Denis MacShane[19]
  • Michael McCann, Vice-Chair of LFI[28]
  • Anne McGuire, Chair of LFI (2013)[9]
  • Jonathan Mendelsohn, former Chair of LFI (2002)[29]
  • Alun Michael, former Leader of the Welsh Labour Party[19]
  • Andrew Miller[19]
  • Jim Murphy, former Chair of LFI (2001), former Secretary of State for Scotland [30]
  • Dan Norris[19]
  • Nick Palmer[19]
  • Jess Phillips[31]
  • James Purnell, former Chair of LFI, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [32]
  • Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale[19]
  • John Reid, former Home Secretary (2007)[33]
  • Rachel Reeves[25]
  • Terry Rooney[19]
  • Joan Ryan[19]
  • Dari Taylor[19]
  • Gary Titley[19]
  • Glenis Willmott, Vice Chair of LFI
  • Lord Winston[19]
  • Iain Wright, former Chair of LFI (2006)[19]
  • Lord Young of Norwood Green[19]

See also

  • Conservative Friends of Israel
  • European Friends of Israel
  • Friends of Israel Initiative
  • Israel lobby in the United Kingdom
  • Israel lobby in the United States
  • Jewish lobby
  • Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
  • Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel
  • Northern Ireland Friends of Israel

References

1. ^http://www.lfi.org.uk/lfi-chair-joan-ryan-mp-resigns-from-the-labour-party/
2. ^{{cite news |author=Oborne, Peter and Jones, James |title=Friends in high places|work=The Guardian|date=16 November 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/nov/16/israel-friends-lobby-uk-politicians|accessdate=31 January 2010 }}
3. ^1 {{cite web |title=Labour Friends of Israel – 50 Years|url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/50_years |author=Labour Friends of Israel |date=8 December 2008 }}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.lfi1.dircon.co.uk/about.html|title=Labour Friends Of Israel website – about us|date=1 August 2003|accessdate=10 December 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801165548/http://www.lfi1.dircon.co.uk/about.html|archivedate=1 August 2003}}
5. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches|title=Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims|last=Black|first=Ian|date=16 November 2009 |work=The Guardian|accessdate=16 November 2009}}
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/37979/new-strategy-labour-friends-israel |title=New strategy for Labour Friends of Israel |author=Marcus Dysch |date=7 September 2010 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |accessdate=13 October 2011}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/43687/israel-friends-change-tack-and-relaunch |title=Israel friends change tack and relaunch |author=Bright, Martin |date=13 January 2011 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |accessdate=13 October 2011}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/56633/labour-friends-go-israel |title=Labour Friends go to Israel |author=Dysch, Marcus |date=19 October 2011 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |accessdate=13 October 2011}}
9. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/107300/stirling-mp-anne-mcguire-chair-labour-friends-israel |work=The Jewish Chronicle |title=Stirling MP Anne McGuire to chair Labour Friends of Israel|date=9 May 2013|accessdate=24 June 2013}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/141925/dont-vote-jeremy-corbyn-urges-new-labour-friends-israel-chair-joan-ryan |title=Don't vote for Jeremy Corbyn, urges new Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan |author=Marcus Dysch |newspaper=Jewish Chronicle |date=10 August 2015 |accessdate=1 May 2016}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/u-k-labour-party-pro-israel-group-triples-support-1.5441333 |title=U.K Labour Party pro-Israel Group Triples Support Ahead of Relaunch |publisher=Haaretz |date=22 September 2016 |accessdate=31 January 2019}}
12. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/thelobby/|title=The Lobby|newspaper=Al Jazeera |date = January 2017 |accessdate=1 May 2018}}
13. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/08/israeli-diplomat-shai-masot-plotted-against-mps-set-up-political-groups-labour |title=Israeli diplomat who plotted against MPs also set up political groups |author=Ewen MacAskill |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 January 2017 |accessdate=1 May 2018}}
14. ^{{cite news |url=http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/labour-dismiss-complaint-against-joan-ryan-mp-over-al-jazeera-series/ |title=Labour dismiss complaint against Joan Ryan MP over Al Jazeera series |author=Justin Cohen |newspaper=Jewish News |date=21 March 2017 |accessdate=1 May 2018}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stoneashdown.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=46|title=Yigal Allon Educational Trust |publisher=Stone Ashdown Trust |accessdate=17 November 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109063437/http://www.stoneashdown.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=46 |archivedate=9 November 2009}}
16. ^{{EW charity |327009 |Yigal Allon Educational Trust}}
17. ^1 {{cite web |title=LFI Supporters In Parliament |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/in-parliament/ |website=Labour Friends of Israel |publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |accessdate=24 August 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=56890&ATypeId=1 |title=David Abrahams gave in secret ‘to quell conspiracy fears’ |author=Symons, Leon|work=The Jewish Chronicle|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071209172859/http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=56890&ATypeId=1 |archivedate = 9 December 2007|display-authors=etal}}
19. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 {{cite web |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/who_we_are |title=Who We Are |publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080727005100/http://www.lfi.org.uk/who_we_are |archivedate=27 July 2008}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stuartbellmp.org/biography.htm |author=Bell, Stuart |title=Sir Stuart Bell MP, Biography |date=30 January 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080130071351/http://www.stuartbellmp.org/biography.htm |archivedate = 30 January 2008}}
21. ^{{cite news| title = Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson could run for parliament in Liverpool| work = Liverpool Echo| date = 5 February 2010| url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/02/05/royle-family-star-ricky-tomlinson-could-run-for-parliament-in-liverpool-wavertree-100252-25766877/| accessdate = 7 February 2010 }}
22. ^1 Assaf Uni, Finance scandal has local community worried, Haaretz, 10 December 2007.
23. ^1 Temko, Ned, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/dec/02/uk.partyfunding1 Behind-the-scenes group's unerring knack of backing the right man], The Guardian, 2 December 2007.
24. ^{{cite web|title=Speech by Gordon Brown to the LFI Annual Reception |date=25 September 2007 |author=Brown, Gordon |publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Gordon_Brown |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219224040/http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Gordon_Brown |archivedate=19 December 2007 |df= }}
25. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/anger-grows-within-labour-over-forced-palestinian-vote-9788395.html| work=The Independent |title= Anger grows within Labour over forced Palestinian vote|date=10 October 2010 |author = Wright, Oliver|accessdate= 23 February 2015 }}
26. ^{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo010704/halltext/10704h02.htm |title=House of Commons Hansard Debates |author=Gapes, Mike |date=4 July 2001 |publisher=House of Commons, UK }}
27. ^{{cite web | url=http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/e-envoy/esummit-speakers/$file/lewis.htm |year=2003 |title=Speaker Biographies, Ivan Lewis MP |author=H. M. Cabinet Office }}
28. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/130528/labour-mp-michael-mccann-calls-total-hamas-ban | title=Labour MP Michael McCann calls for total Hamas ban | work=The Jewish Chronicle | date=25 February 2015 | accessdate=26 February 2015 | author=Dysch, Marcus}}
29. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1570734/Jon-Mendelsohn-profile-a-real-Mr-Fix-It.html|title=Jon Mendelsohn profile: a real Mr Fix-It |work=The Daily Telegraph |author=Hope, Christopher |date=9 February 2007 |access-date= 7 January 2019}}
30. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/oct/03/labour.scotland |date=3 October 2008 |author=Mulholland, Hélène |work=The Guardian |title=Profile – Jim Murphy }}
31. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/mps-%EF%AC%82ock-to-support-labour-israel-group-1.53362 |title=MPs flock to support Labour Israel group |last=Dysch |first=Marcus |work=The Jewish Chronicle |date=22 September 2016 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}
32. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/dec/12/israelandthepalestinians.jamespurnell|title=Five days in Israel – James Purnell MP, chairman of Labour Friends of Israel, visits a kibbutz, meets Ehud Barak and attends a peace conference in Tel Aviv|date=12 December 2002|work=The Guardian}}
33. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/01/nlab01.xml |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=David Blunkett to return to the Cabinet in major reshuffle |date=5 January 2005 |author=Kite, Melissa and Hennessy, Patrick |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123132711/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2005%2F05%2F01%2Fnlab01.xml |archivedate=23 November 2007 |deadurl=yes |df= }}

External links

  • [https://www.lfi.org.uk/ Official website]
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.brijnet.org/election97/lfi.htm |title=General Eklection - 1 May 1997 |publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |year=1997 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990129052753/http://www.brijnet.org/election97/lfi.htm |archivedate=29 January 1999}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063632562982&a=KArticle&aid=1130673808370 |title=United Kingdom and Israel Share the Same Democratic Values |work=Labour Friends of Israel event speech |author=Foreign Secretary Jack Straw |date=2 November 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228090657/http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063632562982&a=KArticle&aid=1130673808370 |archivedate=28 December 2005 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Prime_Minister_Tony_Blair |title=Speech by PM Tony Blair to LFI Annual Reception |last=Blair |first=Tony |publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |date=26 September 2006 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070711175140/http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Prime_Minister_Tony_Blair |archivedate=11 July 2007}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071219224040/http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Gordon_Brown Speech by Gordon Brown to the LFI Annual Reception], Prime Minister Gordon Brown, 25 September 2007
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