Parliamentarians | Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine https://www.ldfp.org.uk The Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine exist to fight for the rights of the Palestinian People through the medium of the Liberal Democrat Party Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:52:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cropped-ldfp-32x32.jpg Parliamentarians | Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine https://www.ldfp.org.uk 32 32 The UK must give the ICC our full support https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/08/27/the-uk-must-give-the-icc-our-full-support/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:24:10 +0000 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/?p=10220 Ed Davey supports the arrest of Israel's PM Netanyahyu

The post The UK must give the ICC our full support first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Lib Dems support Palestine https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/06/01/lib-dems-support-palestine/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:05:00 +0000 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/?p=10216 This election is your chance to make a difference for Palestinians. Vote Liberal Democrat, and you will vote for a stronger presence in Parliament for a party that supports Palestinians. We will push the next government to immediately  In 2017, the Liberal Democrat party membership voted for the immediate recognition of Palestine.  In 2021, the […]

The post Lib Dems support Palestine first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Lib Dem leader calls for UK to suspend arms sales to Israel 3 April 2024 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/04/03/lib-dem-leader-calls-for-uk-to-suspend-arms-sales-to-israel/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:37:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=54 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 swift action to suspend arms exports to Israel.

The post Lib Dem leader calls for UK to suspend arms sales to Israel 3 April 2024 first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Lib Dems welcome UN Security Council motion for an immediate ceasefire 28 March 2024 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/03/28/lib-dems-welcome-un-security-council-motion-for-an-immediate-ceasefire/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:28:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=48 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 towards a political process that will deliver a two-state solution

The post Lib Dems welcome UN Security Council motion for an immediate ceasefire 28 March 2024 first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Gaza: Hunger Alleviation 18 March 2024 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/03/18/gaza-hunger-alleviation-18-march-2024/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:31:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=37 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 is provoking famine.

The post Gaza: Hunger Alleviation 18 March 2024 first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Lib Dem Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran’s Spring 2024 conference speech https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/03/16/lib-dem-foreign-affairs-spokesperson-layla-morans-spring-2024-conference-speech/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:06:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=73 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.

The post Lib Dem Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran’s Spring 2024 conference speech first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> UK should impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, says Ed Davey 29 Feb 2024 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/02/29/uk-should-impose-sanctions-on-two-far-right-israeli-ministers-says-ed-davey/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:49:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=58 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 Bank.

The post UK should impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, says Ed Davey 29 Feb 2024 first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Gaza: Humanitarian Situation 8 February 2024 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2024/02/08/gaza-humanitarian-situation-8-february-2024/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:33:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=44 “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”.

The post Gaza: Humanitarian Situation 8 February 2024 first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Carmichael calls on UK Government to ‘stand up’ for international law 20 Dec 2023 https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2023/12/20/carmichael-calls-on-uk-government-to-stand-up-for-international-law-20-dec-2023/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:55:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=65 MP Alistair Carmichael called for the UK to urge Israel to become a state party to the International Criminal Court

The post Carmichael calls on UK Government to ‘stand up’ for international law 20 Dec 2023 first appeared on Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.]]> Israel-Gaza conflict: Liberal Democrats call for immediate bilateral ceasefire https://www.ldfp.org.uk/2023/11/13/israel-gaza-conflict-liberal-democrats-call-for-immediate-bilateral-ceasefire/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:17:00 +0000 https://liberaldemocratfriendsofpalestine.wordpress.com/?p=82 Official Lib Dem press release Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran MP have today called for an immediate bilateral ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict.  The purpose of such a ceasefire, which must apply to both Israel and Hamas, would be to get aid in, get the hostages out, and provide space […]

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