Update 26 April 2024
The outcome of this war must be that Israel has no power of veto over Recognition of the State if Palestine.
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Update 2 Nov 2023
When UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the attacks didn’t happen in a vacuum, he was reminding Israel’s leaders that its past treatment of the Palestinians needs to be taken into account.
Update 26 April 2024
Absurdities like wooden crutches and tent poles had to be unloaded (because they might be “repurposed” as weapons) and even a consignment of nappies refused entry.
Update 12 April 2024
There is mounting evidence that the British people want arms sales to Israel to be stopped (62% in the most recent poll), but as with the hundreds of thousands marching at rallies up and down…
LDFP update 12 April 2024
There is mounting evidence that the British people want arms sales to Israel to be stopped (62% in the most recent poll), but as with the hundreds of thousands marching at rallies up and down…
Lib Dem leader calls for UK to suspend arms sales to Israel 3 April 2024
For years Liberal Democrats have called for far tougher control of arms exports, so that British arms are not being used in conflicts such as the devastating one in Gaza. The UK Government must take…
Lib Dems welcome UN Security Council motion for an immediate ceasefire 28 March 2024
The LibDems welcome the UN Security Council motion calling for an immediate, sustainable ceasefire in Gaza. But this must be more than a temporary ceasefire. It’s vital that the UK government use this to move…
Update 24th March 2024
Survivors of the Israeli destruction of Gaza are now being starved, and our government still won’t admit that Israel’s tactics are illegal, or use the word genocide.
Gaza: Hunger Alleviation 18 March 2024
In Gaza we are no longer on the brink of famine, we are in a state of famine, affecting thousands of people … This is unacceptable. Starvation is used as a weapon of war. Israel…
Lib Dem Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran’s Spring 2024 conference speech
She described her family’s pre 1948 life in Palestine and the catastrophe that followed. She said that the war was serving the wicked fusion of Netanyahu’s government, calling their rhetoric genocidal.
Update 7 March 2024
Western leaders should have known that giving Netanyahu unqualified support after the October 7 attack by Hamas was giving the green light for a disproportionate Israeli response, but they couldn’t have suspected that 100,000 Palestinians…
Update 29th Feb 2024
You will know that the Prime Minister and some Conservative MPs have characterised vocal opposition to the government's weak response to the Gaza crisis as "undemocratic", so it's more important than ever that we Liberal…
UK should impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, says Ed Davey 29 Feb 2024
The UK should impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers who have pushed for more settlements on Palestinian land, Ed Davey has argued, saying this is vital to stop the fighting in Gaza spreading to the West…
Update 16th Feb 2024
The Way Forward It’s now clear – and widely accepted by outside observers including the UK, the US and neighbouring Arab states – that the only way lasting peace can emerge from the conflict in…
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation 8 February 2024
“There’s an acronym that’s unique to the Gaza Strip, it’s WCNSF—wounded child no surviving family—and it’s not used infrequently”.