‘Backing an Israel-Hamas ceasefire now would be a recipe for endless war’
LabourList has run a series of pieces offering different views on the conflict in Israel and Palestine, its…
Labour Friends of Israel
Labour-run authority in Scotland U-turns on cuts – days before crunch by-election
Good morning, and before I begin: my apologies to any parliamentary candidates (and, indeed, anyone else) who read…
‘Anti-Zionism feeds antisemitism. To fight racism, Labour must recognise this’
At the heart of the shocking growth of antisemitism in the Labour party after 2015 rested a myth…
Labour would use lessons from Northern Ireland to build trust in Israel-Palestine
As President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week reminds us, the Good Friday Agreement is rightly seen…
Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine and pro-peace solutions to the Gaza humanitarian crisis
The plight of the people of Gaza is desperate and undeniable. Amid rampant unemployment, creaking infrastructure and overstretched…
Steps to a Two State Solution: Positive ways to restart the search for peace
This year saw the 30th anniversary of the election victory that brought Yitzhak Rabin to power in Israel.…
We must reform our sanctions regime to stop human rights abuses in Iran
The current talks in Vienna may help to put the brakes on Iran’s accelerating nuclear programme, but they…
For Israel, Palestine and peace, we must work towards a two-state solution
Earlier this month, we marked the tragic assassination in 1995 of Yitzhak Rabin – an event that robbed…
What a genuinely progressive approach to the Middle East could look like
For those of us on the left who support Israel and want to see the forces of peace,…
Coalition of the courageous: our sister parties return to power in Israel
The departure of Benjamin Netanyahu will be welcomed by progressives everywhere. His 12 years as Israel’s Prime Minister…
